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This paper introduces a new floating simulator circuit suitable for realizing a floating frequency dependent negative resistor (FFDNR) or a floating capacitance multiplier (FCM) with selections of the passive elements. In addition, a new circuit for realizing a simulated floating inductor (SFI) is introduced. The introduced FFDNR, FCM, and SFI use three current feedback operational amplifiers. The introduced FFDNR and FCM include a canonical number of passive components without any matching requirements, while the SFI contains three re-sistors and a grounded capacitor with a single resistive matching condition. Voltage-mode band-pass, low-pass, and notch filters are given as application examples.

In this paper a mixed-mode (input and output signals can be current or voltage) Kerwin-Huelsman-Newcomb (KHN) biquad with low/high input impedance and high/low output impedance depending on the type of the corresponding signal (current/voltage) is presented. The circuit is constructed using three differential voltage current conveyors (DVCCs), two grounded capacitors and three grounded resistors. The circuit simultaneously provides bandpass (BP), highpass (HP) and lowpass (LP) responses when the output is current and notch, BP and LP responses when the output is voltage. The notch and allpass responses can be obtained by connecting appropriate output currents directly without using additional active elements. Because of the low input and high output impedance of the circuit for current signals and the high input and low output impedance for voltage signals, it can be used in cascade for realizing higher-order filters. SPICE simulation results are given to verify the theoretical analysis.

Tez (Doktora) -- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2001, Thesis (PhD) -- İstanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology, 2001, Bu tezde ideal olmayan CCCII detaylı olarak incelenmiştir. CCCII’nin hangi devrelerde yararlı olduğunu göstermek amacıyla, çok sayıda CCCII tabanlı filtre, osilator, endüktans simulatörü gibi yeni uygulamalar verilmiştir. BiCMOS teknolojinin avantajını açıklamak amacıyla yeni bir BiCMOS CCCII devresi verilmiştir. Tezin ana bölümünde, ikinci dereceden alt geçiren, bant geçiren filtreler, sadece bir adet CCCII kullanılarak gerçekleştirme biçimi verilmiş ve CCCII'nin ideal olmamasının filtre frekansı ve değer katsayısı üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. İdeal olmamanın etkileri, şekil ve tablolarla gösterilmiştir. Filtre parametrelerinin hesaplanacağı basit formüller bulunmuştur. İdeal olmamanın önerilen filtre parametrelerinin duyarlıklarına ve devrenin kararlılığına nasıl etkidiği ayrıntılı olarak incelenmiştir. Ayrıca, filtre değerlerinin ideal değerlerinden sapmalarınının nasıl minimize etme yöntemi, bir örnek üzerinde açıklanmıştır., In this thesis, a detail study in non-ideal CCCII is performed. Then to illustrate the usefulness of the CCCII many new CCCII-based applications such as filter, oscillator and inductance simulator are proposed. In order to take the advantages of the BiCMOS technology a new BiCMOS realization for the CCCII is presented. In the main section of the thesis, an new configuration for realizing second order lowpass and bandpass filters using only one CCCII is presented and the effects of the dominant non-idealities of the CCCII on filter parameters such as resonant angular frequency and quality factor are investigated. These non-ideality effects are shown in tabular forms and figures. Then simple and accurate formulas for calculating parameters of the filters are extracted. The effects of the non-idealities on the stability and sensitivities of the proposed filters are investigated in details. Also as an example, a method for modifying the values of passive elements of the filter in order to minimize the deviation of the filter parameters from their ideal values are given., Doktora, PhD

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this paper a new low-voltage low-power instrumentation amplifier (IA) is presented. The proposed IA is based on supply current sensing technique where Op-Amps in traditional IA based on this technique are replaced with voltage buffers (VBs). This modification results in a very simplified circuit, robust performance against mismatches and high frequency performance. To reduce the required supply voltage, a low-voltage resistor-based current mirror is used to transfer the input current to the load. The input and output signals are of voltage kind and the proposed IA shows ideal infinite input impedance and a very low output one. PSPICE simulation results, using 0.18 μm TSMC CMOS technology and supply voltage of ±0.9 V, show a 71 dB CMRR and a 85 MHz constant −3 dB bandwidth for differential-mode gain (ranging from 0 dB to 18 dB). The output impedance of the proposed circuit is 1.7 Ω and its power consumption is 770 µW. The method introduced in this paper can also be applied to traditional circuits based on Op-Amp supply current sensing technique.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) The authors present two new metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET)-only second-order voltage and transadmittance-mode band-pass filters (BPFs) employing only five transistors without using any passive elements such as a resistor, a capacitor, and an inductor. As a result, both proposed circuits possess low-power consumption and occupy small chip area. The first proposed filter enjoys low output impedance and offset cancellation for voltage-mode operation while the second proposed filter has low supply voltage. The centre frequency of both proposed filters can be electronically tuned by varying biasing voltage. To demonstrate the performance of the proposed filters, effects of output transconductance of transistors have been investigated and equations of input referred noise have been obtained. Furthermore, fourth-order voltage and transadmittance-mode BPF which is derived the first proposed filter is presented and its simulation results are given. All proposed filters are laid-out in the Cadence environment using Taiwan semiconductor manufacturing company (TSMC) 0.18 μm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology parameters. The required chip area of the fourth-order voltage and transadmittance-mode band-pass filter is 1100 μm2 and the power consumption is about 436 μW.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this paper, new analog memristor emulator circuits based on current backward transconductance amplifier (CBTA) and passive elements are proposed. They emulate both types of memristor (incremental and decremental) just by interchanging the CBTA output terminals. It uses only one CBTA, two resistors, one capacitor and one multiplier emulating grounded memristor. They consist of less CMOS transistors and have wider output ranges compared to other designed emulator circuits. The CMOS implementation of the CBTA using 0.18 ttm level-7 TSMC CMOS technology parameters is also proposed. It uses 23 CMOS transistors operating with the +/- 0.9 V DC supply voltage. Theoretical derivations and related results are validated using SPICE simulations.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this study, we present a new NMOS implementation of differential difference stage containing only eight transistors. The introduced new differential difference stage has high input impedance and low output impedance; accordingly, it can be directly cascaded without loading effect. In addition, a detailed study on the input referred noise voltage density of the proposed differential difference stage is performed and low noise design possibility is investigated. As an example, to show performance of differential difference stage, a modified band-pass filter with high quality factor is presented for intermediate frequency stage of FM receiver. Furthermore, the non-ideal, parasitic and stability analyses of the presented filter having high quality factor are surveyed and its working boundaries are determined.

In this study, we present two new grounded capacitance multiplier circuits based on a negative-type second-generation current conveyor (CCII-) and an inverting second-generation current conveyor (ICCII). The first proposed circuit consists of one CCII- and a voltage follower (VF) employing two NMOS transistors while the second proposed circuit is composed of an ICCII and an inverting voltage follower (IVF) including two NMOS transistors. Each circuit contains two resistors, and single grounded capacitor, which is attractive for integrated circuit realization. No active and passive component matching conditions are required for the realization of the proposed capacitance multiplier circuits. The simulation results are included to confirm the theory. (C) 2017 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this paper, a new method is presented to increase the quality factor of bandpass filters employing active elements. Using the proposed method the values of the externally capacitors in filter structure are reduced. In this way chip area which is an important parameter in the integrated circuits can be minimized. Moreover, bandpass filters are investigated from the point of view of stability conditions and effects of the parasitic and non-ideal elements. Considering these effects, operating conditions and boundaries of the bandpass filter are calculated. To validate the feasibility of the method, an application example of bandpass filter used in intermediate frequency (IF) stage of AM receivers is given and the performance of the circuit is demonstrated by comparing the theory and simulation.

Yıldız, Merih (Dogus Author) -- Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) NMOS based circuit realizations of a sinusoidal quadrature oscillator, a transconductance, a transimpedance amplifier are presented. All the circuits are constructed with a voltage-mode “Metamutator” consisting of an analog adder and a subtractor which is one of its possible realizations. The most important feature of the proposed circuits is their extremely simple structures containing only twelve NMOS transistors (six for adder, six for subtractor). Another significant advantage of the proposed circuits is that no external passive element is needed for the oscillator and only one resistor is used for each amplifier circuit; a variable resistor can provide gain adjustability. The post-layout simulations of all the proposed circuits have been executed using TSMC 0.25 µm process parameters with ±1.25 V power supply voltage.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) A novel current-mode rms-to-dc converter architecture is introduced in this paper. It is constructed from a current squaring stage and a lowpass filter with low cutoff frequency realized using the concept of Log-Domain filtering. Due to the employment of the current-splitter, two-quadrant operation capability is achieved by the converter. The Log-Domain technique offers the benefits of large-signal operation and realization of the required time-constant using a capacitor of an integrable value. Another attractive feature of the proposed scheme is its low-power operation capability originated from the employment of MOS transistors operated in the subthreshold region and its simple circuitry.

In this paper a high-performance low-voltage low-power CMOS second-generation current conveyor (CCII) is presented. The proposed CCII is based on super transistor (ST) and enables low input impedance at X terminal and high output impedance at Z terminal. It also utilizes a novel power saving strategy in which a single NMOS cascode current mirror conveys X terminal current to Z terminal, provides high impedance at Z terminal and reduces the X terminal impedance all together resulting in a low-power and compact structure. As another advantage, only NMOS transistors are used in processing voltage and current signals granting the proposed CCII high frequency operation. PMOS transistors are used only for biasing. However, the proposed CCII cannot provide infinite impedance at Y terminal. HSPICE simulations using 0.18 µm parameters and supply voltage of ±0.9 V confirms that the proposed CCII exhibits impedances of 0.155 Ω, 1.6 MΩ and 47 kΩ at X, Z and Y terminals, respectively. Voltage and current bandwidths are also 377 MHz and 159 MHz, respectively. Some of the applications of the proposed CCII are given. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.2.17948

Yıldız, Merih (Dogus Author) -- Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this work, a very compact, rail-to-rail, high-speed buffer amplifier for liquid crystal display (LCD) applications is proposed. Compared to other buffer amplifiers, the proposed circuit has a very simple architecture, occupies a small number of transistors and also has a large driving capacity with very low quiescent current. It is composed of two complementary differential input stages to provide rail-to-rail driving capacity. The push-pull transistors are directly connected to the differential input stage, and the output is taken from an inverter. The proposed buffer circuit is laid out using Mentor Graphics IC Station layout editor using AMS 0.35 mu m process parameters. It is shown by post-layout simulations that the proposed buffer can drive a 1nF capacitive load within a small settling time under a full voltage swing, while drawing only 1.6 mu A quiescent current from a 3.3V power supply.

Actively simulated grounded inductors have been used in several applications ranging from filter to oscillator design as well as cancellation of parasitic inductances. In this paper, new grounded inductance simulators employing only one voltage differencing current conveyor (VDCC) and two passive components are proposed. Two new topologies for realizing positive and negative lossless inductances and four different topologies for realizing lossy inductances are proposed. The aim of this paper is to present new inductance simulators using the minimum number of active and passive components. The proposed inductance simulators can be tuned electronically by changing the biasing current of the VDCC. Moreover, the circuits do not require any conditions of component matching. Finally, using one of the proposed inductance simulators a third-order high-pass filter is constructed. The performance of the proposed filter is verified and simulated by using SPICE.

In this paper, a novel topology for implementing resistor-free current-mode instrumentation amplifier (CMIA) is presented. Unlike the other previously reported instrumentation amplifiers (IAs), in which input and/or output signals are in voltage domain, the input and output signals in the proposed structure are current signals and signal processing is also completely done in current domain benefiting from the full advantages of current-mode signal processing. Interestingly the CMRR of the proposed topology is wholly determined by only five transistors. Compared to the most of the previously reported IAs in which at least two active elements are used to attain high common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) resulting in a complicated circuit, the proposed structure enjoys from an extremely simple circuit. It also exhibits low input impedance employing negative feedback principal. Of more interest is that, using simple degenerate current mirrors, the differential-mode gain of the proposed CMIA can be electronically varied by control voltage. This property makes it completely free of resistors. The very low number of transistors used in the structure of the proposed CMIA grants it such desirable properties as low-voltage low-power operation, suitability for integration, wide bandwidth etc. SPICE simulation results using the TSMC 0.18-mu m CMOS process model under supply voltage of +/- 0.8 V show a high CMRR of 91 dB and a low input impedance of 291.5 Omega for the proposed CMIA. Temperature simulation results are also provided, which prove low temperature sensitivity of the proposed CMIA.

In this letter, a new voltage-mode (VM. Configuration for providing low-power and simultaneous realization of first-order low-pass, high-pass and all-pass filters is presented. The output of the all-pass filter is taken differentially. The proposed circuit contains low number of components, i.e., only two NMOS transistors, a floating battery, a grounded capacitor and a floating resistor. Adding two NMOS transistors to the proposed circuit it is modified as an all-pass filter with a single-ended output. The main advantage of the presented circuits in comparison with other counterparts is their extremely low power dissipation. Moreover, the floating resistor can be replaced with an additional NMOS transistor in triode region to provide electronic tunability. Simulation results using SPICE program are given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed circuit. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

In this paper, a new voltage-mode (VM) first-order phase shifter (all-pass filter) employing only four NMOS transistors and minimum number of passive elements (i.e. one resistor and one capacitor) is proposed. The proposed VM phase shifter has high input impedance and does not require passive element matching constraints. Moreover, since only two NMOS transistors are stacked between positive and negative supply voltages, the proposed circuit is suitable for low-voltage operation. Electronic tunability can be provided easily by replacing the employed resistor with an NMOS transistor operating in triode region. Simulation results based on 0.18 μm TSMC CMOS parameters with ±0.9 V supply voltages are given to demonstrate the performance of the proposed phase shifter. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.

In this paper, a novel design for realizing a voltage-mode (VM) all-pass filter utilizing two differential voltage current conveyors (DVCCs) is proposed. Also, the suggested filter uses a canonical number of passive elements (one grounded capacitor and one resistor) without requiring any element matching condition. The proposed filter has high input and low output impedances, which make it suitable for cascading. The effects of the nonidealities of the DVCCs on the proposed design are investigated. As an application, a quadrature oscillator is designed using the proposed VM all-pass filter and an integrator. The proposed filter and oscillator circuits are simulated using the SPICE simulation program to confirm the theory.

In this paper two new voltage-mode (VM) universal filters employing three plus-type differential voltage current conveyors (DVCC+s) and grounded passive elements are presented. The first proposed filter is a single-input five-output (SIFO) circuit which can realize simultaneously all of the standard responses, i.e. low-pass (LP), band-pass (BP), high-pass (HP), all-pass (AP) and notch (NH) from the same configuration. The second proposed circuit is a three-input single-output (TISO) universal filter for realizing standard responses depending on the selection of the input signal from the same topology. Both of the proposed filters have the advantage of a high input impedance, which enables easy cascading to obtain higher order filters. The proposed filters are simulated using the SPICE program to verify the theoretical analysis. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009.

In this article a dual output filter synthesis topology is proposed using a negative impedance converter (NIC) and the minimum number of passive components. Different from the preceding NIC based synthesis methods, the proposed circuits allow passive element matching to reduce the number of passive elements. The proposed dual output topology can simultaneously provide all-pass, notch/high-pass or notch/low-pass filter configurations. Also, the proposed filters have a pole frequency independent of the voltage and current gain deviations of the active element, so it is suitable for pole frequency sensitive applications. Simulations, including a post-layout simulation, Monte-Carlo analysis and Routh-Hurwitz stability tests are performed to verify the theoretical results.

Operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) are widely used in the design of electronically tunable circuits. However, electronic tunability ranges of the OTA based filters are restricted by the limited bandwidth of the transconductance gain of the OTA. Furthermore, stability conditions and the linearity of the OTA which depends on the control current restrict the tunability. In this paper, some trade-offs in the electronically tunable filters are investigated. In addition, the tunability ranges of some first and second order OTA-C and OTA-RC filters are comparatively examined. Moreover, an OTA-C all-pass filter circuit is presented. SPICE simulations are performed and stability analyses are given for both of the OTA-C and OTA-RC filters. Operation of the presented all-pass filter is verified experimentally.

In this paper, an active network simulating mutually coupled inductors employing four second-generation current controlled conveyors, five resistors, and only two grounded capacitors is presented. The primary, secondary, and mutual simulated inductances of the circuit are independent and can be electronically tuned. The proposed circuit represents a synthetic transformer and has a positive mutual inductance. As an application, the proposed transformer is used to construct a stagger-tuned filter. Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis (SPICE) simulation and experimental results are given to verify the theoretical analysis. © 2008 IEEE.

In this paper, using a minimum number of passive components, i.e., new grounded and floating inductance simulators, grounded capacitance multipliers, and frequency-dependent negative resistors (FDNRs) based on one/two modified current-feedback operational amplifiers (MCFOAs), are proposed. The type of the simulators depends on the passive element selection used in the structure of the circuit without requiring critical active and passive component-matching conditions and/or cancellation constraints. In order to show the flexibility of the proposed MCFOA, a single-input three-output (SITO) voltage-mode (VM) filter, two three-input single-output (TISO) VM filters, and an SITO current-mode (CM) filter employing a single MCFOA are reported. The layout of the proposed MCFOA is also given. A number of simulations using the SPICE program and some experimental tests are performed to exhibit the performance of the introduced structures. © 2008 IEEE.

Yıldız, Merih (Dogus Author) -- Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this paper an NMOS based sinusoidal oscillator is presented. The circuit is constructed with voltage-mode (VM) NMOS-based analog adder and subtractor circuits which respectively perform V1+V2 and V1-V2 operations on the input voltages. The most important feature of the proposed circuits is their extremely simple structures containing only twelve NMOS transistors (six for the adder, six for the subtractor). Another significant advantage of the proposed circuits is that no external passive components are being used. The post-layout simulations of the proposed oscillator circuit have been executed using TSMC 0.25 μm process parameters with ±1.25 V power supply voltage.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) -- Göknar, İzzet Cem (Dogus Author) -- Conference full title: European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2015; Trondheim; Norway; 24 August 2015 through 26 August 2015 In this paper, a new RC circuit realization of voltage-mode (VM) first-order all-pass filter (APF) is presented. The proposed VM APF scheme is composed of a single grounded capacitor, three resistors with one being negative. The main advantage of the circuit is the common ground terminal between the input and the output. For proper functionality passive element matching is required and the negative resistance is implemented with Arbel-Goldminz operational transconductance amplifier. The theoretical results are verified with SPICE simulations using PTM 90 nm level-7 CMOS process BSIM3v3 parameters. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) -- Göknar, İzzet Cem (Dogus Author) -- Conference full title: IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2015; Lisbon; Portugal; 24 May 2015 through 27 May 2015 In this paper, a new realization of a fully-differential (F-D) first-order all-pass filter (APF) operating in current mode (CM) is presented. In the proposed F-D CM APF a single adjustable current amplifier (ACA) and two current followers (CFS) with non-unity gain are used as active building blocks. Considering the input intrinsic resistance of CFS as useful active filter parameter, the proposed filter employs only a floating capacitor as external passive component. The pole frequency of the proposed resistorless circuit can be tuned via mutual change of input intrinsic resistance of CFS while the filter pass-band gain by means of gain of ACA. The theoretical results are verified by SPICE simulations, where TSMC 0.18 μm level-7 SCN018 CMOS process parameters were used.

In this paper, a new simulated inductor employing two resistors, one capacitor, and only a single gain-variable third-generation current conveyor (GVCCIII) is proposed. To exhibit the performance of the proposed simulated inductor, it is used in a parallel R-L-C current-mode filter. The frequency-dependent nonideal voltage gain effects of the GVCCIII on the proposed inductor are given. The low- and high-frequency limitations of the simulated inductor are investigated in detail. The simulations performed with the SPICE program agree with the theoretical analysis. Also, the proposed circuit is tested experimentally using commercially available active devices (AD844 ICs of Analog Devices) to confirm the theory.

In this paper, a novel second-order voltage-mode filter with single input and six outputs employing inverting second-generation current conveyors (ICCIIs) is presented. This filter simultaneously realizes negative and positive gain lowpass, bandpass, and highpass filter responses, and does not require active and passive element matching. The new filter has low active and passive element sensitivities, and offers orthogonal control of the angular resonance frequency (omega(O)) and quality factor (Q).

In this paper, a new trans-impedance mode single-input-three-output (SITO) filter using opamp compensation poles is presented. The proposed circuit is composed of two internally compensated operational amplifiers (OAs) and four single-output operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs), without using any external passive elements. The proposed multifunction filter can realize lowpass, bandpass and highpass responses simultaneously all at low output impedances. No matching condition is required. The circuit is suitable for monolithic implementation either with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) or bipolar technologies. All of active sensitivities are low. The performance of the circuit is tested using SPICE simulation program.

In this paper, a current-mode (CM) Kerwin–Huelsman–Newcomb (KHN) biquad is proposed. The circuit employs three differential-voltage current conveyors (DVCCs) as active elements together with two capacitors and four resistors as passive elements, which all are grounded. The circuit simultaneously provides the three basic filter functions, namely bandpass (BP), highpass (HP) and lowpass (LP) functions. The notch and allpass (AP) functions can be obtained by connecting appropriate output currents directly without using additional active elements. The output signals are obtained at high output impedance ports, which is important for easy cascading in CM operation. SPICE simulation results are given to verify the theoretical analyses.

yayıncısurumuyok# ; Tam metin hakemden geçmiş kopyadır. In this paper, a new configuration suitable for realization of differential input-differential output first order, second order all-pass and notch filters with high CMRR is given. The proposed configuration uses two negative type second-generation current conveyors (CCII-), and three admittances. Two first order and one second order all-pass filters and a notch filter (tunable if current controlled conveyor CCCII is used) are extracted from the proposed configuration. Tracking error, element mismatch, sensitivity analysis, simulation and experimental results are included.

In this paper we present a new current-mode electronically tunable universal filter using only plus-type current controlled conveyors (CCCII+s) and grounded capacitors. The proposed circuit can simultaneously realize lowpass, bandpass, and highpass filter functions-all at high impedance outputs. The realization of a notch response does not require additional active elements. The circuit enjoys an independent current control of parameters omega(o) and omega(o)/Q. No element matching conditions are imposed. Both its active and passive sensitivities are low.

In this paper a new trans-impedance mode multifunction filter using only active elements is presented. The proposed circuit is composed of three internally compensated operational amplifiers (OAs) and three single-output operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs), without using any external passive elements. The proposed multifunction filter can realize lowpass, bandpass and highpass responses simultaneously. No matching condition is required. The circuit is suitable for monolithic implementation either with CMOS or bipolar technologies. All of active sensitivities are low. The performance of the circuit is tested using SPICE simulation program.

In this paper a new current-mode integrator and a first order all-pass section are used to construct a quadrature oscillator. These circuits are composed of operational amplifiers (OAs) and operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs), without using external passive elements. The proposed circuits are suitable for monolithic implementation either with CIVICS or bipolar technologies. All active sensitivities are low. The performances of the circuits are tested using a SPICE simulation program.

In this paper new voltage-mode and current-mode multifunction filters using internally compensated operational amplifiers (OP-AMPs) and single output operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) are presented. The proposed voltage mode multifunction filter can realize lowpass, bandpass, highpass responses simultaneously and the current-mode multifunction filter can realize lowpass, bandpass, highpass and bandstop responses simultaneously all at high output impedances. No external passive elements are required thus the circuit is suitable for monolithic implementation either with CMOS or bipolar technologies. All of active sensitivities are low. The performances of the circuits are tested using SPICE simulation program.

In this paper, a CMOS resistor-based current mirror (RBCM) aimed to be used in low-voltage applications is presented. The main features of the proposed current mirror are very low input voltage requirement (a few mV), low output voltage requirement, high output impedance and simple circuitry. The core structure of the proposed RBCM consists of three transistors (excluding bias circuitry) and two low value grounded resistors. The proposed circuit alleviates the need for cascode structures which are conventionally used to boost the output impedance and linearity. SPICE simulations using 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology parameters under supply voltage of 0.9[Formula: see text]V are reported which show input and output voltage requirements of 40[Formula: see text]mV and 0.1[Formula: see text]V respectively, low THD of 1.2%, [Formula: see text] of 496[Formula: see text][Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] of 1[Formula: see text]M[Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]3[Formula: see text]dB bandwidth of 181[Formula: see text]MHz and power dissipation of 154[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]W. A high CMRR differential amplifier and a high performance current difference circuit as applications of the proposed RBCM are given. The proposed RBCM is very useful in tackling restrictions of modern technologies such as reduced supply voltage and transistors low intrinsic output impedance.

In this paper, a new grounded inductor simulator employing two current feedback operational amplifiers (CFOAs), three resistors and one grounded capacitor which is suitable for IC fabrication is proposed. Also, a new voltage-mode (VM) universal filter with three input and single output is given as application example of the grounded inductor simulator. The universal filter with low output impedance can be easily cascaded with other VM circuits. Both of the proposed circuits have the feature of improved low frequency performances, and can be easily constructed by two commercially available active devices such as AD844s. However, both inductor simulator and universal filter need a single passive component matching condition. Simulation and experimental test results are given to demonstrate the performance and workability of the proposed grounded inductor simulator and filter structure. © 2017 World Scientific Publishing Company.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) In this paper, a new voltage-mode first-order all-pass filter with high-input and low-output impedances is presented. The circuit is composed of single universal voltage conveyor (UVC), single capacitor, and an n-channel MOSFET-based voltage-controlled resistor (VCR) that allows to control the pole frequency 0 of the filter electronically. No component-matching constraints are required and it has low sensitivity. The proposed filter provides both of inverting and non-inverting outputs at the same configuration simultaneously. The non-idealities of the proposed circuit are also analyzed. The theoretical results are verified by SPICE simulations using TSMC 0.35 m CMOS process parameters.

Yıldız, Merih (Dogus Author), Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) -- Full conference title: 2009 Joint IEEE North-East Workshop on Circuits and Systems and TAISA Conference : (NEWCAS-TAISA 2009) ; Toulouse, France, 28 June - 1 July 2009 In this paper a CMOS realization of a linearly weighted classifier circuit which is called classifier block is proposed. The proposed classifier block is composed of linearly weighted circuits (LWC) and CMOS core circuits (CC). The proposed circuit can classify linearly non-separable data. The weights of the classifier circuit are achieved with LWC blocks. Using 0.35 mum AMS technology parameters, SPICE simulation results for a LWC and classifier block are included to verify the expected results.

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) -- Full conference title: 2009 Joint IEEE North-East Workshop on Circuits and Systems and TAISA Conference : (NEWCAS-TAISA 2009) ; Toulouse, France, 28 June - 1 July 2009 A high performance CMOS current differencing buffered amplifier (CDBA) is presented in this paper. The proposed circuit operates with the power supplies of plusmn0.75 V and consumes low power. HSPICE simulations show that the proposed CDBA provides better performance in nearly all parameters than the previous ones. As an application example, a second-order notch filter is chosen from the literature to demonstrate the performance of the proposed circuit.

In this work, a new multi-input single-output voltage-mode filter realizing low-pass, band-pass, high-pass, notch and all-pass characteristics depending on the input signal selections is presented. The filter employs minimum number of passive elements, and does not need passive element matching. The presented filter has adjustable angular resonance frequency and quality factor, and low active and passive element sensitivities.

In this paper, a new active circuit for realizing lossless floating inductor using current controlled conveyors (CCCIIs) and single capacitor is presented. The proposed inductance simulator can be tuned electronically by changing the biasing currents of the CCCIIs. As an application, the proposed floating inductance simulator is used to construct a fifth-order low pass filter. The theoretical analysis is verified by SPICE simulation results.

This paper presents new circuits for realizing both current-mode and voltage-mode proportional-integral- derivative (PID), proportional-derivative (PD) and proportional-integral (PI) controllers employing second- generation current conveyors (CCIIs) as active elements. All of the proposed PID, PI and PD controllers have grounded passive elements and adjustable parameters. The controllers employ reduced number of active and passive components with respect to the traditional op-amp-based PID, PI and PD controllers. A closed loop control system using the proposed PID controller is designed and simulated with SPICE. I. INTRODUCTION The proportional-integral-derivative (PID), proportional- integral (PI) and proportional-derivative (PD) controllers with adjustable parameters are widely used in many industrial control systems, and usually have been implemented with operational amplifiers (op-amps). PID controller realizations using op-amps employ excessive number of active and passive components. Current conveyors, especially plus-type second-generation current conveyors (CCII+s) have larger bandwidth and dynamic range, and also greater linearity than op-amps (1). Employing only CCII+s simplifies the configuration thus gyrator (2), synthetic floating inductances (3-4), voltage- mode filter (5) and transfer function synthesis (6-7) employing only CCII+s have been reported in the literature. Despite of several circuits such as derivative, integral, proportion and summer constructed with op-amps (8-9) that can be used to implement PID, PI and PD controllers, current conveyors have not been used to realize PID, PD and PI controllers in the literature so far. In this paper, novel current-mode and voltage-mode PID, PI and PD controllers employing CCII+s as active elements are proposed. In the proposed current-mode controllers, output currents are taken from high impedance terminals of the CCII+s. Also input voltages are applied to the Y-terminals of the CCII+s in the presented voltage- mode PID, PI and PD controllers. These properties make the proposed circuit ideal for using in cascaded systems. All the proposed controller realizations employ only grounded passive components, and do not require passive element matching so the circuits are suitable for integration. The PID, PI and PD parameters can be selected independently. Also simulations are performed using SPICE program to verify the theoretical analyzes.

In this paper new simple Dual-input current-mode integrator/differentiator structures using differential voltage current conveyor (DVCC) are presented. The proposed circuits are composed of one DVCC and three passive components. The effects of the DVCC terminal tracking errors are analyzed, which shows that the time constants (tau) are practically active-insensitive. Compensation design equations are derived for correcting the value of tau that was altered due to the terminal tracking errors of the DVCC. The performances of the circuits are demonstrated on SPICE platform. IEEE Reg 8; IEEE Croatia Sect; Univ Zagreb, Fac Elect Engn Comp

Phase equalizers also called all-pass filters are widely used to shift the phase of an analog signal without altering its magnitude. In this study, a new realization of phase equalizer using one current controlled conveyor (CCCII), one operational amplifier (op-amp) and two capacitors is presented. The proposed circuit does not use any resistors thus makes it suitable for integration. Also the pole frequency of the proposed circuit can be tuned electronically. Simulation results are included to verify theory.

Telif hakkı yayıncıya ait. Construct a quadrature oscillator. These circuits are composed of operational amplifiers (OAs) and operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs), without using external passive elements. Also as an application these circuits are used to construct a sinusoidal quadrature oscillator. The proposed circuits are suitable for monolithic implementation either with CMOS or bipolar technologies. All of active sensitivities are low. The performances of the circuits are tested using PSPICE simulation program.

In this paper two new CMOS configurations for current-controlled conveyor (CCCII) are proposed. The proposed circuits provide good linearity, very high input impedance at port-y, high output impedance at port Z and good input/output current gain. SPICE simulation results using TUBITAK 3 /spl mu/ CMOS process model are included to verify the expected values.

A new configuration for the realization of current-mode single differential voltage current conveyor (DVCC)-based filters with high output impedance is presented. It can synthesise lowpass, bandpass and highpass filtering functions with a single DVCC connected to five passive RC one-port elements. However in all of the proposed filters only four of these passive elements are used. The pole angular frequency omega(o) of the proposed filters can be adjusted without disturbing the parameter omega(o)/Q. No component matching is required and all the sensitivities are low. SPICE simulation results are given to confirm the theoretical analysis.

In this paper, a new current-mode (CM) Kerwin-Huelsman-Newcomb (KHN) biquad is proposed. The proposed circuit employs three differential difference current conveyors (DVCCs) as active elements together with two capacitors and four resistors as passive elements, which all are grounded. The circuit simultaneously provides the three basic filter functions, namely bandpass (BP), highpass (HP) and lowpass (LP) functions. The output signals are obtained at high output impedance ports, which is important for easy cascading in current-mode operation. SPICE simulation results are given to verify the theoretical analysis. EURASIP; IEEE; IEEE French Chapter

Minaei, Shahram (Dogus Author) -- Conference full title: 2011 7th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO 2011): Bursa, Turkey, 1 - 4 December 2011 In this paper, a new active element called voltage differencing inverting buffered amplifier (VDIBA) is presented. Using single VDIBA and capacitor a new resistorless voltage-mode first-order all-pass filter is proposed, which provides both inverting and non-inverting outputs at the same configuration simultaneously. The pole frequency of the filter can be easily controlled by means of internal transconductance. No component-matching conditions are required and it has low sensitivity. The theoretical results are verified by SPICE simulations using commercially available integrated circuit models.