To provide a variable gain type differential amplifier which can materialize high gain and reduced noise at input of a feeble signal even in high frequency regiond, and also can materialize distortion reduction at input of a large signal, and a multiplying circuit using it.
Two FETs 7 and 8 are connected in series between the nodes N1 and N2 connected to the emitters of transistors 1 and 2. An FET 91 is connected between the node between the FETs 7 and 8 and a grounding terminal. The gates of the FETs 7 and 8 are connected to a control terminal NG, which receives control voltage AGC via resistors 11 and 12, respectively. The gate of the FET 9 is connected to a control terminal NG2, which receives control voltage AGC2 via a resistance 13. The control voltages AGC1 and AGC2 change complementarily. The FETs 7, 8, and 9 constitute a variable resistance circuit 20.