Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Low-Voltage MOS Translinear Analog Signal Processing

  • Published:
Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Different design procedures to operate MOS translinear loops at low supply voltage are presented. They utilize innovative biasing strategies based on flipped voltage followers and floating batteries. An alternate topology based on coupled negative feedback loops is also introduced. Simulation and measurement results for various test chip prototypes validate the proposed techniques and allow comparison among them.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. R.G. Carvajal, J. Ramirez-Angulo, A.J. Lopez-Martin, A. Torralba, A. Galan, A. Carlosena, F. Muñoz, The flipped voltage follower: a useful cell for low-voltage low-power circuit design. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-I 52, 1276–1291 (2005)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. B. Gilbert, Translinear circuits: an historical overview. Analog Integr. Circuits Signal Process. 9, 95–118 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. M. Ismail, T. Fiez, Analog VLSI Signal and Information Processing (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1994)

    Google Scholar 

  4. A.J. Lopez-Martin, A. Carlosena, Current-mode multiplier/divider circuits based on the MOS translinear principle. Analog Integr. Circuits Signal Process. 28, 265–278 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. A.J. Lopez-Martin, A. Carlosena, Systematic design of companding systems by component substitution. Analog Integr. Circuits Signal Process. 28, 91–106 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. J. Mulder, A.C. van der Woerd, W.A. Serdijn, A.H.M. van Roermund, Application of back-gate in MOS weak inversion translinear circuits. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-I 42, 958–962 (1995)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. J. Ramirez-Angulo, S.C. Choi, G. Gonzalez-Altamirano, Low-voltage OTA architectures using Multiple Input Floating Gate transistors. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-II 2, 971–974 (1995)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. J. Ramirez-Angulo, A. Lopez, M.I.T.E. Circuits, The continuous time counterpart to switched capacitor circuits. IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst.-II 48, 45–55 (2001)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. J. Ramirez-Angulo, A.J. Lopez-Martin, R.G. Carvajal, F. Muñoz, Very low voltage analog signal processing based on Quasi-Floating Gate transistors. IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 39, 434–442 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. J. Ramirez-Angulo, R. Carvajal, J. Tombs, A. Torralba, Simple technique for opamp continuous-time 1 V supply operation. Electron. Lett. 35, 263–264 (1999)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. E. Seevinck, R.J. Wiegerink, Generalized translinear circuit principle. IEEE J. Solid-State Circuits 26, 1098–1102 (1991)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. E. Seevinck, E. Vittoz, M. Du Plessis, T.H. Joubert, W. Beetge, CMOS translinear circuits for minimum supply voltage. IEEE Tran. Circuits Syst.-II 47, 1560–1564 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. C. Toumazou, F.J. Lidgey, D.G. Haigh, Analog IC Design: The Current-Mode Approach (Peter Peregrinus, London, 1990)

    Google Scholar 

  14. C. Urquidi, J. Ramirez-Angulo, R.G. Carvajal, A. Torralba, A new family of low-voltage circuits based on quasi-floating gate transistors, in Proc. MWSCAS, Tulsa, OK, August 2002

  15. R. Wiegerink, Analysis and Synthesis of MOS Translinear Circuits (Kluwer Academic, Boston, 1993)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Public University of Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, 31006, Pamplona, Spain

    Carlos A. De La Cruz Blas, Antonio J. López-Martín & Alfonso Carlosena

  2. Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA

    Jaime Ramírez-Angulo

Authors
  1. Carlos A. De La Cruz Blas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Antonio J. López-Martín
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Alfonso Carlosena
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Jaime Ramírez-Angulo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Antonio J. López-Martín.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

De La Cruz Blas, C.A., López-Martín, A.J., Carlosena, A. et al. Low-Voltage MOS Translinear Analog Signal Processing. Circuits Syst Signal Process 28, 795–804 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-009-9134-3

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-009-9134-3

Keywords

Search

Navigation