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Differential Difference Current Conveyor Using Bulk-Driven Technique for Ultra-Low-Voltage Applications

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Nowadays the necessity of having low-voltage operation and low-power consumption is essential for electronic devices, particularly for portable electronics. Therefore, this paper presents a new ultra-low-voltage CMOS topology for a differential difference current conveyor (DDCC) based on the bulk-driven (BD) principle. Due to the use of the BD technique, the proposed circuit is capable of working with a low supply voltage of ±0.3 V and consumes about 18.6 μW with a wide input common-mode range. The proposed BD-DDCC is suitable for ultra-low-voltage low-power applications. As application examples, a voltage-mode multifunction biquadratic filter based on two BD-DDCCs and four grounded passive elements, and a fourth-order band-pass filter are presented. All passive elements of both applications are grounded, which is advantageous for monolithic integration. Also, the input voltage signals are applied directly to the high input impedance terminals, which is a desirable feature for voltage-mode operation. The simulations were performed with PSPICE using the TSMC 0.18 μm n-well CMOS technology to prove the functionality and attractive results of the proposed circuit.

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This research was performed in laboratories supported by the SIX project, registration number CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0072, and was supported by the operational program Research and Development for Innovation, Czech Science Foundation project No. GA102/11/1379, and also by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce under contract FR-TI3/485.

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  1. Department of Microelectronics, Brno University of Technology, Technická 10, Brno, Czech Republic

    Fabian Khateb

  2. Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, 1520, Thailand

    Montree Kumngern

  3. Electronics Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    Vlassis Spyridon & Costas Psychalinos

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Khateb, F., Kumngern, M., Spyridon, V. et al. Differential Difference Current Conveyor Using Bulk-Driven Technique for Ultra-Low-Voltage Applications. Circuits Syst Signal Process 33, 159–176 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-013-9619-y

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