• DocumentCode
    3334278
  • Title

    Current regenerative Schmitt triggers with tunable hysteresis

  • Author

    Yuan, Fei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ryerson Univ., Toronto, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-5 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    110
  • Lastpage
    113
  • Abstract
    A new current-regenerative Schmitt trigger is proposed and its characteristics are quantified both analytically and numerically. The center and width of the hysteresis of the proposed Schmitt trigger can be tuned. The low-impedance of the critical nodes of the Schmitt trigger enables it to operate at high frequencies. The proposed Schmitt trigger has been designed in TSMC-0.18 mum 1.8 V CMOS technology and analyzed using Spectre from Cadence Design Systems with BSIM3V3 device models. Simulation results are presented.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; circuit tuning; hysteresis; network synthesis; trigger circuits; BSIM3V3 device models; CMOS technology; Cadence Design Systems; Schmitt trigger design; Spectre systems; TSMC; current regenerative Schmitt triggers; low-critical node impedance; size 0.18 mum; tunable hysteresis; voltage 1.8 V; CMOS technology; Feedback; Frequency; Hysteresis; Image sensors; Rails; Transponders; Trigger circuits; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2009. MWSCAS '09. 52nd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Cancun
  • ISSN
    1548-3746
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4479-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1548-3746
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2009.5236141
  • Filename
    5236141