Title :
A current-mode CMOS RMS-DC converter for very low-voltage applications
Author :
López-Martín, Antonio J. ; Carlosena, Alfonso
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng, Public Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A very low voltage CMOS RMS-DC converter is designed based on MOS Translinear techniques. Its main building blocks are a squarer/divider and a geometric-mean cell, which are obtained by using simple second-order MOS Translinear loops, leading to a very regular and compact implementation. The biasing employed for such loops allows to operate them at supply voltages as low as 1.5 V. Measurement results demonstrate the practicality of the circuit
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; convertors; current-mode circuits; integrated circuit design; nonlinear network synthesis; 1.5 V; MOS translinear techniques; RMS-DC converter; biasing; geometric-mean cell; squarer/divider; supply voltages 1.5V; very low voltage CMOS converter; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitance-voltage characteristics; Circuit testing; Filtering; Filters; Low voltage; MOS capacitors; Nonlinear equations; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2001. ICECS 2001. The 8th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7057-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.2001.957770
