A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor digitally programmable current conveyor

  • Hussain Alzaher*
  • , Noman Tasadduq
  • , Osama Al-Ees
  • , Fares Al-Ammari
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A second-generation current conveyor with digitally programmable current gains is presented. A current division network with zero standby power consumption is utilized in two different ways to provide both gain and attenuation of the second-generation current conveyor's current transfer characteristics. The proposed topology overcomes several drawbacks of the previous solutions through affording a more power and area efficient solution while exhibiting relatively wider tuning range and bandwidth. A variable-gain amplifier and a two-integrator-loop filter biquad providing low-pass and band-pass responses are given as application examples. A modified two-integrator-loop topology is developed to offer independent control of the pole frequency and quality factor without disturbing the passband gain. Simulation results obtained from a standard 0.18 μm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor process are given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-81
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2013

Keywords

  • CMOS analog filter design
  • current conveyor
  • current-mode circuits
  • digitally programmable devices
  • mixed signals processing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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