• DocumentCode
    1171905
  • Title

    A micropower CMOS continuous-time low-pass filter

  • Author

    Kaiser, Andreas

  • Author_Institution
    Electron Dept., Inst. Superieure d´´Electron. du Nord, Lille, France
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    736
  • Lastpage
    743
  • Abstract
    A continuous-time third-order Butterworth low-pass filter with a nominal cutoff frequency of 945 Hz implemented in a standard 2.4-μm CMOS process is discussed. The filter is built from fully balanced linearized transconductors and capacitors. The power consumption of the filter, including bias and automatic-tuning circuits, is 12.6 μW from a single 3-V power supply. It achieves a dynamic range of 63 dB with a total harmonic distortion of less than 0.5%. The total chip area is 1 mm 2
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; active filters; low-pass filters; 12.6 muW; 2.4 micron; 945 Hz; automatic-tuning circuits; bias; capacitors; dynamic range; fully balanced linearized transconductors; micropower CMOS continuous-time low-pass filter; nominal cutoff frequency; power consumption; third-order Butterworth; total chip area; total harmonic distortion; CMOS process; Capacitors; Circuits; Cutoff frequency; Dynamic range; Energy consumption; Low pass filters; Power harmonic filters; Power supplies; Transconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.32034
  • Filename
    32034