An active circuit includes (a) a first chopper circuit that receives an
input signal and a chopping signal of a frequency higher than a base band
of the input signal, and that provides a modulated input signal; (b) an
amplifier that receives the modulated input signal and that provides an
amplified signal resulting from amplifying the modulated input signal;
and (c) a second chopper circuit that receives the amplified signal and
the chopping signal to provide an output signal. The chopping signal has
a frequency that may be dynamically adjusted to accommodate changes in
impedance and signal spectrum as a result of the operations of the
chopper circuits. The active circuit further includes a low pass filter
that receives the output signal and that attenuates components of the
output signal above the base band of the input signal. In this manner 1/f
noise introduced by the amplifier is eliminated or reduced.