• DocumentCode
    548044
  • Title

    A low power configurable analogue block

  • Author

    Karimi, Y. ; Abrishamifar, Adib

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Iran Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Tehran, Iran
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    17-19 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we propose a configurable analogue block. The logarithmic and exponential cells are the basic elements in realization scheme. As transistors are operating in weak inversion mode, it can be efficiently employed in systems and applications demanding very low power especially on Field programmable analogue arrays. The block was simulated in 0.18μm CMOS process at + 1.8v supply, and some function examples are obtained by means of this block For instance, the input range of logarithmic function is 0 to 500nA while its total power dissipation is 30nW, and its maximum error is 5%. The simulation results were obtained by Hspice and with high detailed transistor ability.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; SPICE; field programmable analogue arrays; low-power electronics; CMOS process; Hspice; exponential cells; field programmable analogue arrays; logarithmic cells; logarithmic function; low power configurable analogue block; power dissipation; size 0.18 mum; transistors; voltage 1.8 V; weak inversion mode; configurable analogue block; multi functioning; weak inversion mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2011 19th Iranian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tehran
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0730-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5955934