The invention belongs to the technical field of integrated circuits, and particularly relates to a
variable gain amplifier circuit which can be applied to a high-speed serial interface receiving end analog front-end circuit, provide multi-gear uniform adjustable
gain within an input
signal frequency range, ensure the
linearity of received signals and improve the quality of the received signals. According to the circuit, a source end degenerate
resistor array RCELL, a first load
capacitor array CAPCELL1 and a second load
capacitor array CAPCELL2 are controlled at the same time, a zero point introduced by a source end degenerate
resistor and a pole introduced by a load
capacitor array are counteracted, and peaking of a
gain curve is avoided; 2N-gear
gain is selected through N-bit control signals, a
signal amplitude detection circuit and a
digital control circuit are used in cooperation, and
automatic gain control can be achieved according to the amplitude of input signals.