Title :
Multiple-input translinear element networks
Author :
Minch, Bradley A. ; Hasler, Paul ; Diorio, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We describe a class of nonlinear circuits that accurately embody product-of-power-law relationships in the current signal domain. We call these circuits multiple-input translinear element (MITE) networks. A MITE is a circuit element that produces an output current that is exponential in a weighted sum of its input voltages. We describe intuitively the basic operation of MITE networks and we show experimental data from a squaring-reciprocal circuit breadboarded from bipolar-floating-gate MOS (biFGMOS) MITEs that we fabricated in a 2-μm double-poly CMOS process available through MOSIS
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; analogue processing circuits; nonlinear network analysis; 2 micron; MITE; VLSI; analogue information processing; biFGMOS; bipolar-floating-gate MOS; current signal domain; double-poly CMOS process; multiple-input translinear element networks; nonlinear circuits; output current; product-of-power-law relationships; squaring-reciprocal circuit; weighted sum; Analog circuits; CMOS process; Diodes; Ear; Feedback; Information processing; Nonlinear circuits; Signal processing; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1998. ISCAS '98. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4455-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1998.704193
