Programmable, very low noise current source

2014 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 125109 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Scandurra ◽  
G. Cannatà ◽  
G. Giusi ◽  
C. Ciofi
Keyword(s):  
Current Source ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Noise Current

scholarly journals A High Efficiency Low Noise RF-to-DC Converter Employing Gm-Boosting Envelope Detector and Offset Canceled Latch Comparator

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1078
Author(s):  
Thi Thuy Pham ◽  
Dongmin Kim ◽  
Seo-Hyeong Jeong ◽  
Junghyup Lee ◽  
Donggu Im
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Current Source ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
The Body ◽  
Common Source ◽  
Conversion Gain ◽  
Input Transistor ◽  
Envelope Detector

This work presents a high efficiency RF-to-DC conversion circuit composed of an LC-CL balun-based Gm-boosting envelope detector, a low noise baseband amplifier, and an offset canceled latch comparator. It was designed to have high sensitivity with low power consumption for wake-up receiver (WuRx) applications. The proposed envelope detector is based on a fully integrated inductively degenerated common-source amplifier with a series gate inductor. The LC-CL balun circuit is merged with the core of the envelope detector by sharing the on-chip gate and source inductors. The proposed technique doubles the transconductance of the input transistor of the envelope detector without any extra power consumption because the gate and source voltage on the input transistor operates in a differential mode. This results in a higher RF-to-DC conversion gain. In order to improve the sensitivity of the wake-up radio, the DC offset of the latch comparator circuit is canceled by controlling the body bias voltage of a pair of differential input transistors through a binary-weighted current source cell. In addition, the hysteresis characteristic is implemented in order to avoid unstable operation by the large noise at the compared signal. The hysteresis window is programmable by changing the channel width of the latch transistor. The low noise baseband amplifier amplifies the output signal of the envelope detector and transfers it into the comparator circuit with low noise. For the 2.4 GHz WuRx, the proposed envelope detector with no external matching components shows the simulated conversion gain of about 16.79 V/V when the input power is around the sensitivity of −60 dBm, and this is 1.7 times higher than that of the conventional envelope detector with the same current and load. The proposed RF-to-DC conversion circuit (WuRx) achieves a sensitivity of about −65.4 dBm based on 45% to 55% duty, dissipating a power of 22 μW from a 1.2 V supply voltage.

New Method to Determine the a-Si:H Pin Diode Series Resistance by Noise Measurements

1998 ◽  
Vol 507 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Blecher ◽  
K. Seibel ◽  
M. Hillebrand ◽  
M. Böhm
Keyword(s):  
Series Resistance ◽  
Partial Information ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
New Method ◽  
Measuring System ◽  
Pin Diode ◽  
Noise Current ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Noise Measurements

ABSTRACTThe series resistance limits the linearity of photodiodes and decreases the efficiency of solar cells. It is usually determined from IV-measurements for moderate and high forward current density. This method, however, provides only partial information about Rs, since the series resistance depends on the operating point. An alternative method is based on noise measurements. System noise of the measuring system with a low-noise current-voltage converter has been investigated. A new method for extraction of photodiode series resistance from noise measurements is suggested. Noise measurements are carried out for a-Si:H pin diodes. The series resistance of an amorphous pin diode has been extracted for different operating conditions using the new measurement method.

scholarly journals Low noise constant current source for bias dependent noise measurements

2011 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 013906 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Talukdar ◽  
R. K. Chakraborty ◽  
Suvendu Bose ◽  
K. K. Bardhan
Keyword(s):  
Current Source ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Constant Current ◽  
Constant Current Source ◽  
Noise Measurements

A TVWS receiver with balanced output self-calibrated IIP2 LNTA employing a low-noise current multiplier

Integration ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianna Coccia ◽  
Saheed Tijani ◽  
Danilo Manstretta ◽  
Rinaldo Castello
Keyword(s):  
Low Noise ◽  
Noise Current

Active Compensation Control of Wind Force and Wire Roughness for Current Collector Using Optical Fiber Sensor

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Yoshida ◽  
Masaaki Ukita ◽  
Toshiaki Makino
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Active Control ◽  
Contact Force ◽  
Optical Fiber Sensor ◽  
Current Collector ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Fiber Sensor ◽  
Noise Current ◽  
And Control

Abstract For railways speed up such as 350km/h, it is particularly important to reduce noise caused by current collector for environmental problem. For a solution, a diamond shaped low-noise current collector has been developed. However, it becomes difficult for the current collector to maintain the predetermined contact force between the contact strip and the trolley-wire. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the active control to keep the contact force uniform. However, there is a serious problem for the active control that it is difficult to put sensors in high voltage region. In this paper, an application of plastic optical fiber sensor is devised and it is applied to the control system. In the experiment, the usefulness of the proposed sensor and control system is demonstrated.

scholarly journals Noise-optimized ultrastable low-noise current amplifier

2019 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 014706 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Krause ◽  
D. Drung ◽  
M. Götz ◽  
H. Scherer
Keyword(s):  
Low Noise ◽  
Current Amplifier ◽  
Noise Current

Single photon imaging X-ray spectrometers using low noise current preamplifiers with dc voltage bias

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 3383-3386 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Friedrich ◽  
K. Segall ◽  
M.C. Gaidis ◽  
C.M. Wilson ◽  
D.E. Prober ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Dc Voltage ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Noise Current ◽  
Voltage Bias ◽  
Photon Imaging
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