scholarly journals Ultra-Low-Voltage CMOS-Based Current Bleeding Mixer with High LO-RF Isolation

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gim Heng Tan ◽  
Roslina Mohd Sidek ◽  
Harikrishnan Ramiah ◽  
Wei Keat Chong ◽  
De Xing Lioe
Keyword(s):  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
Integrated Inductors ◽  
Low Voltage Operation ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Current Bleeding ◽  
Intercept Point

This journal presents an ultra-low-voltage current bleeding mixer with high LO-RF port-to-port isolation, implemented on 0.13 μm standard CMOS technology for ZigBee application. The architecture compliments a modified current bleeding topology, consisting of NMOS-based current bleeding transistor, PMOS-based switching stage, and integrated inductors achieving low-voltage operation and high LO-RF isolation. The mixer exhibits a conversion gain of 7.5 dB at the radio frequency (RF) of 2.4 GHz, an input third-order intercept point (IIP3) of 1 dBm, and a LO-RF isolation measured to 60 dB. The DC power consumption is 572 µW at supply voltage of 0.45 V, while consuming a chip area of 0.97 × 0.88 mm2.

A CMOS Automatic Gain Control Circuit for Biomedical Applications

2015 ◽  
Vol 645-646 ◽  
pp. 1308-1313
Author(s):  
Zhi Qiang Gao ◽  
Fu Xiang Huang ◽  
Jing Li ◽  
Liang Yin ◽  
Xiao Wei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Exponential Function ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Automatic Gain Control ◽  
Gain Control ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
Gain Variation ◽  
Linearity Error

In this paper, a low-voltage automatic gain control (AGC) circuits is presented. The proposed circuit uses a novel approximated exponential function to increase the dB-linear output range. The three-stage AGC is fabricated in 0.18μm CMOS technology and shows the maximum gain variation of more than 100dB and a 67dB linear range with linearity error of less than ±1dB. The range of gain variation can be controlled from 34 to 101dB. The AGC dissipates less than 2.3mA under 1.8V supply voltage while occupying 0.4mm2 of chip area.

A High-Linear CMOS Down Conversion Mixer Using Adjusting the Second and Third-Order Harmonic in Transconductance Stage

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Amiri ◽  
Adib Abrishamifar
Keyword(s):  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Circuit Simulation ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Conversion Gain ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Cmos Mixer ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Down Conversion ◽  
Pmos Transistor

In this paper a new high-linear CMOS mixer is proposed. A well-known low voltage CMOS multiplier structure is used for mixer application in this paper and its linearity is provided by adjusting the value of a resistor, sizing the aspect ratio of a PMOS transistor and adding a proper value of inductor at the input stage. In simulation, a supply voltage as low as 1 V is applied to the circuit. Simulation results of improved mixer in a 0.18-μm CMOS technology illustrate 14 dB increases in IIP3 and also an increase around 1.4 dB is obtained in conversion gain. Furthermore, additional components which are used for improving linearity would not increase the power consumption and area significantly.

scholarly journals A design of low voltage OPAMP using split-length transistors

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-70
Author(s):  
Khanh Trung Le ◽  
Tu Trong Bui ◽  
Hung Duc Le ◽  
Kha Cong Pham
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Feedback Systems ◽  
Advanced Technique ◽  
Low Voltage Operation ◽  
Feedback Compensation ◽  
Indirect Feedback ◽  
Low Supply Voltage

In the paper, we present a design of a low voltage Operation Amplifier (OPAMP) circuit using split-length transistors. Indirect feedback compensation is an advanced technique used to stabilize the operation of an OPAMP. Cascode transistors are usually implemented for indirect feedback systems. However, these transistors are not suitable for low voltage design. In this study, we have taken advantage of split-length transistors and indirect feedback compensation technique to design a high performance OPAMP. As a result, the OPAMP operates not only at low supply voltage but also at high frequency. The OPAMP has been designed and fabricated in a 0.18um CMOS technology. This OPAMP achieves 100 dB gain, 90 MHz unity gain frequency and 60 degrees phase margin at 2 V supply voltage.

A 10Gbps Limiting Amplifier for STM-64 Application Driver in 0.18μm CMOS Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 760-762 ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Wen Yuan Li ◽  
Yu Bi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Optical Fiber Communication ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Fiber Communication ◽  
Limiting Amplifier ◽  
The Third ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Optical Fiber Communication System ◽  
Active Feedback

An inductorless circuit for limiting amplifiers is present. With the third-order interleaving active feedback, the bandwidth of this circuit could be enhanced while keeping a suppressed gain. The amplifier is simulation in a 0.18μm CMOS technology. The results show that the circuit consuming a DC power of 90mW with a 1.8V supply voltage, its voltage gain is about 42.6dB, the 3dB bandwidth of the circuit is 10.96GHz.The limiting amplifier circuit can be used in the STM-64 optical fiber communication system.

scholarly journals A Low-Voltage, Low-Power Reconfigurable Current-Mode Softmax Circuit for Analog Neural Networks

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1004
Author(s):  
Massimo Vatalaro ◽  
Marco Lanuzza ◽  
Felice Crupi ◽  
Tatiana Moposita ◽  
Lionel Trojman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
Analog Implementation ◽  
Efficient Option ◽  
P Type

This paper presents a novel low-power low-voltage analog implementation of the softmax function, with electrically adjustable amplitude and slope parameters. We propose a modular design, which can be scaled by the number of inputs (and of corresponding outputs). It is composed of input current–voltage linear converter stages (1st stages), MOSFETs operating in a subthreshold regime implementing the exponential functions (2nd stages), and analog divider stages (3rd stages). Each stage is only composed of p-type MOSFET transistors. Designed in a 0.18 µm CMOS technology (TSMC), the proposed softmax circuit can be operated at a supply voltage of 500 mV. A ten-input/ten-output realization occupies a chip area of 2570 µm2 and consumes only 3 µW of power, representing a very compact and energy-efficient option compared to the corresponding digital implementations.

The Design of Ultra Low Power RF CMOS LNA in Nanometer Technology

2016 ◽  
pp. 229-251
Author(s):  
Kavyashree P. ◽  
Siva S. Yellampalli
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage Operation ◽  
Common Gate ◽  
Low Power Cmos ◽  
Power Application

In this chapter, an ultra low power CMOS Common Gate LNA (CGLNA) with a Capacitive Cross-Coupled (CCC) gm boosting scheme is designed and analysed. The technique described has been employed in literature to reduce the Noise Figure (NF) and power dissipation. In this work we have extended the concept for low voltage operation along with improving NF and also for significant reduction in current consumption. A gm boosted CCC-CGLNA is implemented in 90nm CMOS technology. It has a gain of 9.9dB and a noise figure of 0.87dB at 2.4GHz ISM band and consumes less power (0.5mw) from 0.6V supply voltage. The designed gm boosted CCC-CGLNA is suitable for low power application in CMOS technologies.

Low Voltage Low Power Folded Mixer for S-Band Wireless Applications

Frequenz ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 68 (11-12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiqiang Chen ◽  
Junfeng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Intermediate Frequency ◽  
Local Oscillator ◽  
Conversion Gain ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
Wireless Applications ◽  
Dc Power ◽  
Rf Signal

AbstractThis paper describes a low voltage low power (LV-LP) folded mixer for S-band wireless applications. The proposed mixer could convert a 10 MHz intermediate frequency (IF) signal to a 2.4 GHz RF signal with a local oscillator (LO) power of 0 dBm at 2.39 GHz. The comparison with the previous reported mixers shows that the proposed mixer has the advantages of lower voltage, lower power consumption and higher conversion gain than most of the other works. Simulation results demonstrate that the mixer a remarkable conversion gain of 10.5 dB while consuming only 0.65 mW DC power from a 0.8 V supply voltage. The input-referred third-order intercept point (IIP3) of the mixer is 3.75 dBm, and the chip area is only 0.525 mm

scholarly journals A low-noise current preamplifier in 120 nm CMOS technology

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 213-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Uhrmann ◽  
W. Gaberl ◽  
H. Zimmermann
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Analog Circuit ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Low Noise ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Current Mirror ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. In this paper we examine the impact of deep sub-micron CMOS technology on analog circuit design with a special focus on the noise performance and the ability to design low-noise preamplifiers. To point out, why CMOS technology can grow to a key technology in low-noise and high-speed applications, various amplifier stages, applied in literature, are compared. One, that fits as a current preamplifier for low-noise applications, is the current mirror. Starting from the basic current mirror, an enhanced current preamplifier is developed, that offers low-noise and high-speed operation. The suggested chip is realized in 0.12 μm CMOS technology and needs a chip area of 100 μm×280 μm. It consumes about 15 mW at a supply voltage of 1.5 V. The presented current preamplifier has a bandwidth of 750 MHz and a gain of 36 dB. The fields of application for current preamplifiers are, for instance, charge amplifiers, amplifiers for low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) based point-to-point data links or preamplifiers for photodetectors.

scholarly journals Investigation of PVT-Aware STT-MRAM Sensing Circuits for Low-VDD Scenario

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 551
Author(s):  
Zhongjian Bian ◽  
Xiaofeng Hong ◽  
Yanan Guo ◽  
Lirida Naviner ◽  
Wei Ge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nonvolatile Memory ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Random Access ◽  
Magnetic Tunnel Junction ◽  
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor

Spintronic based embedded magnetic random access memory (eMRAM) is becoming a foundry validated solution for the next-generation nonvolatile memory applications. The hybrid complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)/magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) integration has been selected as a proper candidate for energy harvesting, area-constraint and energy-efficiency Internet of Things (IoT) systems-on-chips. Multi-VDD (low supply voltage) techniques were adopted to minimize energy dissipation in MRAM, at the cost of reduced writing/sensing speed and margin. Meanwhile, yield can be severely affected due to variations in process parameters. In this work, we conduct a thorough analysis of MRAM sensing margin and yield. We propose a current-mode sensing amplifier (CSA) named 1D high-sensing 1D margin, high 1D speed and 1D stability (HMSS-SA) with reconfigured reference path and pre-charge transistor. Process-voltage-temperature (PVT) aware analysis is performed based on an MTJ compact model and an industrial 28 nm CMOS technology, explicitly considering low-voltage (0.7 V), low tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) (50%) and high temperature (85 °C) scenario as the worst sensing case. A case study takes a brief look at sensing circuits, which is applied to in-memory bit-wise computing. Simulation results indicate that the proposed high-sensing margin, high speed and stability sensing-sensing amplifier (HMSS-SA) achieves remarkable performance up to 2.5 GHz sensing frequency. At 0.65 V supply voltage, it can achieve 1 GHz operation frequency with only 0.3% failure rate.

A 10T Cell Design without Half Select Problem for Bit-Interleaving Architecture in 65nm CMOS

2013 ◽  
Vol 373-375 ◽  
pp. 1607-1611
Author(s):  
Hong Gang Zhou ◽  
Shou Biao Tan ◽  
Qiang Song ◽  
Chun Yu Peng
Keyword(s):  
Error Correction ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Cmos Technology ◽  
Soft Error ◽  
Error Correction Codes ◽  
Cell Design ◽  
Low Voltage Operation ◽  
Sram Cell ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Nanometer Regime

With the scaling of process technologies into the nanometer regime, multiple-bit soft error problem becomes more serious. In order to improve the reliability and yield of SRAM, bit-interleaving architecture which integrated with error correction codes (ECC) is commonly used. However, this leads to the half select problem, which involves two aspects: the half select disturb and the additional power caused by half-selected cells. In this paper, we propose a new 10T cell to allow the bit-interleaving array while completely eliminating the half select problem, thus allowing low-power and low-voltage operation. In addition, the RSNM and WM of our proposed 10T cell are improved by 21% and nearly one times, respectively, as compared to the conventional 6T SRAM cell in SMIC 65nm CMOS technology. We also conduct a comparison with the conventional 6T cell about the leakage simulation results, which show 14% of leakage saving in the proposed 10T cell.

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