Title :
Nano-amp, active-bulk, weak-inversion analog circuits
Author :
Fried, Rafael ; Enz, Christian
Author_Institution :
Electron. Lab., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
This paper presents four members of a family of analog building blocks operating in weak inversion and utilizing the bulk as an active terminal. The main characteristics of this family are low-power, low-voltage, circuit compactness and simplicity. Its main draw-back is limited accuracy mainly due to threshold voltage mismatch. All these building blocks are utilized in a dedicated analog on-chip emulator for power networks
Keywords :
MOS analogue integrated circuits; analogue processing circuits; low-power electronics; active terminal; analog on-chip emulator; circuit compactness; low-power electronics; power networks; threshold voltage mismatch; weak-inversion analog circuits; Analog circuits; Analog computers; Artificial intelligence; Computer networks; Laboratories; Network-on-a-chip; Noise reduction; Threshold voltage; Transconductance; Transconductors;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE 1998
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4292-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1998.694901
