Title :
A low voltage floating resistor having positive and negative resistance values
Author :
Tantry, Shashidhar ; Oura, Takao ; Yoneyama, Teru ; Asai, Hideki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Syst. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose a low voltage-floating resistor having both positive and negative resistance values. The circuit uses only two transistors between the supply voltages, which enables the circuit to operate at low supply voltages. The gate terminal is used in this circuit for the current addition/subtraction at input/output terminals of the floating resistor. As a result, it is possible to make the current flow even if power supply voltage is reduced. The characteristic of the proposed circuit is verified using HSPICE for the power supply ±1.5 V.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; SPICE; integrated circuit modelling; low-power electronics; negative resistance devices; resistors; 1.5 V; CMOS technology; HSPICE verification; circuit transistors; current addition/subtraction; current flow; gate terminal; input/output terminals; low voltage floating resistor; negative resistance values; positive resistance values; power supply voltage; Capacitance; Electron mobility; Equivalent circuits; Low voltage; MOSFETs; Mirrors; Proportional control; Resistors; Threshold voltage; Transconductance;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2002. APCCAS '02. 2002 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7690-0
DOI :
10.1109/APCCAS.2002.1114967
