The Universal Circuit Simulator: A Mixed-Signal Approach to n-Port Network and Impedance Synthesis

Author

Gianní, Carmine ; Pennisi, Salvatore ; Scotti, Giuseppe ; Trifiletti, Alessandro

Author_Institution

Univ.of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome

Volume

54

Issue

10

fYear

2007

Firstpage

2178

Lastpage

2183

Abstract

A mixed-signal universal architecture able to emulate the behavior of an n-port analog circuit is presented. It exploits second-generation current conveyors as analog input/output blocks and a field programmable gate array circuit as digital processing element. A prototype is also discussed for the specific case of a two-port network synthesis and experimental results in agreement with expected ones are provided.

Keywords

circuit simulation; current conveyors; electric impedance; field programmable gate arrays; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; multiport networks; analog input/output blocks; digital processing element; field programmable gate array circuit; impedance synthesis; mixed-signal approach; n-port network; second-generation current conveyors; universal circuit simulator; Analog circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Costs; Equivalent circuits; Hardware; Impedance; Network synthesis; Operational amplifiers; Prototypes; Current conveyor; floating impedance synthesis; network synthesis; vibration damping;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1549-8328

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSI.2007.904594

Filename

4346667