High-speed high-precision voltage-mode MIN/MAX circuits in CMOS technology

Author

Carvajal, R.G. ; Ramirez-Angula, J. ; Tombs, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ing. Electron., Seville Univ., Spain

Volume

5

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

13

Abstract

A new circuit for multiple-input voltage-mode min/max circuits that, unlike conventional implementations, do not have large voltage swings at any of the internal nodes, is discussed. This scheme is characterized by high-speed, high-precision and simple architecture. The proposed circuit exhibits linear complexity with the number of inputs. A test chip prototype with a three-input max circuit has been designed and built in a 0.8 μm CMOS technology and experimental results are shown that verify the proposed approach

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; analogue processing circuits; circuit complexity; high-speed integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; 0.8 mum; CMOS technology; high-speed high-precision voltage-mode MIN/MAX circuits; linear complexity; min/max analog circuit; multiple-input voltage-mode min/max circuits; test chip prototype; three-input max circuit; CMOS technology; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Fuzzy logic; MOSFETs; Neural networks; Prototypes; Transconductance; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5482-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2000.857351

Filename

857351