A new pseudo-bipolar-junction-transistor (PBJT) and its application in the design of retinal smoothing network

Author

Wu, Chung-Yu ; Huang, Huan-Chu ; Lin, Li-Ju ; Huang, Kuan-Hsun

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

A new MOSFET circuit structure called the pseudo-BJT (PBJT) is proposed and analyzed in this work. This new structure mimics the function of the BJT, and it has advantages of smaller area and better process compatibility over the real BJT. The function of PBJT is verified to be similar to the real BJT via HSPICE simulation. Moreover, applications of the retinal smoothing network and the edge-extracting circuit using the PBJT structure are also demonstrated. The PBJT plays the role of the real BJT in both applications, and they are verified to be functionally correct via HSPICE simulations

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; MOSFET circuits; SPICE; analogue processing circuits; circuit simulation; computer vision; edge detection; neural chips; smoothing circuits; CMOS technology; HSPICE simulation; MOSFET circuit structure; area reduction; edge-extracting circuit; process compatibility; pseudo-BJT; retinal smoothing network; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Design engineering; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Nanoelectronics; Neurons; Retina; Smoothing methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2002. ISCAS 2002. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Phoenix-Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7448-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2002.1010940

Filename

1010940