Transversal filter incorporating MOS-transistor amplifiers

Claim 1

A transversal filter used in a ghost canceller of a television receiver comprising: (a) a first amplifier which receives an input video signal and provides a first output video signal in a same polarity as that of said input video signal and a second output video signal having a same amplitude as that of said first output video signal and a polarity opposite to that of said first output video signal; (b) a plurality of switches connected to said first amplifier and adapted to conduct selectively the first or second output video signal provided by said first amplifier; (c) a group of second amplifiers comprising a plurality of variable gain amplifiers connected to said switches correspondingly, each of said variable gain amplifiers having a terminal for receiving a control voltage, by which the amplitude of the first or second output video signal provided by corresponding one of said switches is varied; (d) group of delay elements comprising a plurality of delay elements connected in cascades, each of said delay elements being connected to a corresponding one of said variable gain amplifiers of said group of second amplifiers and operable to delay the first or second output video signal provided by said corresponding one variable gain amplifier for a predetermined time length; and (e) an adder connected to the output of said group of delay elements so as to receive the delayed first or second output video signal and adapted to receive the input video signal so that the delayed first or second output video signal is added to the input video signal, wherein said plurality of variable gain amplifiers of said group of second amplifiers each include an amplifying element formed by a MOS transistor which is loaded by a complementary connection of a P-MOS transistor and an N-MOS transistor constituting a C-MOS transistor pair.