Low-Power Tuneable Analog Circuit Blocks Based on Nanoscale Dual-Gate MOSFETs

Author

Kaya, Savas ; Hamed, Hesham F A ; Starzyk, Janusz

Author_Institution

School of Elec Eng. & Comp Sci, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA, e-mail: kaya@ohio.edu

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

17-20 June 2006

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

358

Abstract

We illustrate unique examples of low-power tunable analog circuits built using independently driven nano-scale DG-MOSFETs, where the top gate response is altered by application of a control voltage on the bottom gate. In particular, we provide examples for a single-ended CMOS amplifier pair, a Schmitt Trigger circuit and a OTA-C filter, circuit blocks essential for low-noise high-performance integrated circuits for analog applications. The topologies and biasing schemes explored here show how the nanoscale DG-MOSFETs may pave way for efficient, tolerant and smaller circuits with tunable characteristics.

Keywords

DG-MOSFET; DGMOSFET; Low-power Analog Circuits; Mixed-mode simulations; Tunable Analog Circuits; Analog circuits; Analog integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Filters; Low-noise amplifiers; MOSFETs; Trigger circuits; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage control; DG-MOSFET; DGMOSFET; Low-power Analog Circuits; Mixed-mode simulations; Tunable Analog Circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanotechnology, 2006. IEEE-NANO 2006. Sixth IEEE Conference on

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0077-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NANO.2006.247650

Filename

1717100