Low power current rectifiers for large scale current-mode signal processing

Author

Philipp, Ralf M. ; Etienne-Cummings, Ralph

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

23-26 May 2004

Abstract

This paper introduces a synchronous current rectifier designed for use in large-scale current-mode analog integrated circuits. The circuit was optimized for use in synchronous current-mode systems requiring a large number of rectifiers. The proposed rectifier is compared to several continuous time current-mode rectifiers, demonstrating a very low power (<1μW) operation while achieving high operating speeds (<20ns decision + settling time for ±10μA inputs).

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; continuous time systems; current-mode circuits; low-power electronics; rectifiers; signal processing; analog integrated circuits; circuit optimization; continuous time rectifiers; current-mode rectifiers; current-mode signal processing; high operating speeds; low power current rectifiers; low power operation; synchronous current rectifier; synchronous current-mode systems; Analog computers; Feedback circuits; Impedance; Large-scale systems; Negative feedback; Power engineering computing; Rails; Rectifiers; Signal processing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Proceedings of the 2004 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8251-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328173

Filename

1328173