Sara Pashmineh, Stefan Bramburger, Hongcheng Xu, M. Ortmanns, D. Killat
{"title":"An LDO using stacked transistors on 65 nm CMOS","authors":"Sara Pashmineh, Stefan Bramburger, Hongcheng Xu, M. Ortmanns, D. Killat","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662290","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a low drop-out voltage regulator (LDO) suitable for input voltages twice the nominal operating voltage of the CMOS technology. High GBW and good DC accuracy in line and load regulation is achieved by using 3-stage error amplifiers. Two feedback loops are used to improve stability. High voltage compatibility is established by stacking two pass transistors. The first pass transistor is controlled by the main error amplifier; the 2nd pass transistor is controlled by 2nd amplifier adjusting the division of the voltages between the two pass transistors. The paper presents circuit design and simulations results of a LDO with 500 mA output current using the 2.5 V transistors of the TSMC 65 nm CMOS low-power process technology.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126132353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A class of generalized orthonormal functions","authors":"L. Fortuna, M. Frasca, M. Xibilia","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662193","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a new class of orthonormal functions which includes as particular case the Laguerre filters are introduced. These functions are defined as the product of a fixed transfer function of order n and of an all-pass filter of order n × h for any n and h. The orthogonality of these functions is proven in the general case. Moreover, the singular values of the sum of the first Nh members of this class are shown to be all equal to the orthonormalization constant.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"227 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125389897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Stoop, Florian Gomez, Rolf Schonenberger, C. Baumann, R. Stoop
{"title":"Parameter properties of electronic and biological circuits and systems","authors":"R. Stoop, Florian Gomez, Rolf Schonenberger, C. Baumann, R. Stoop","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662267","url":null,"abstract":"The question what behaviors can be exhibited by a given electronic circuit upon variation of the parameters, is fundamental to electrical engineering. To efficiently adapt behavior according to need, say from stability to instability, or among stable or unstable periodicities, it is crucial to know how systems (generically and specifically) depend on parameters. Shrimps or swallow-tails are generic, characteristic parameter space regions that yield fixed stable periodic behavior. By dividing the parameter space into stable and unstable dynamical behavior, they provide such guidelines. In applications, shrimps have first been described at great details in the context of laser systems and electronic circuits, but it is still unknown whether they could also be found in realistic models of biophysics (and if so, whether biology exploits this as an alternative computing paradigm). Here, we provide first explicit examples of their existence.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121822049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oscillators — A simple introduction","authors":"E. Lindberg","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662285","url":null,"abstract":"Oscillators are kernel components of electrical and electronic circuits. Discussion of history, mechanisms and design based on Barkhausens observation. Discussion of a Wien Bridge oscillator based on the question: Why does this circuit oscillate?","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122286524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Architectures for nanoscale hybrid computing systems","authors":"F. Corinto, A. Horváth, T. Roska","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662264","url":null,"abstract":"Spin torque oscillator (STO) nanodevices have been brought into focus of engineering hoping they could provide for a platform of computation beyond Moore's law. In this paper we propose hybrid-architectures (i.e. combining CMOS units and STO nanodevices) useful to realize Oscillatory Cellular Nonlinear Network (O-CNN) arrays that can be used for associative memory (AM) problem-solving. The fundamental components of the AM O-CNN are (1) a CMOS preprocessing unit generating input feature vectors from picture inputs, (2) an AM cluster generating signature outputs composed of spin torque oscillator (STO) cells and local spin-wave interactions, as an oscillatory CNN (O-CNN) array unit, applied several times arranged in space, and (3) a classification unit (CMOS). In this manuscript we focus on the AM cluster composed of several STO and we aim at showing how local spin-wave interactions lead to global indirect interactions. In addition, a mathematical methodology is proposed in order to design the fully-connected AM cluster of STO exploiting the local spin-wave interactions due to physical limits of the implementation.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114636558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying Cellular Neural Networks dynamics for image representation","authors":"Tang Tang, R. Tetzlaff","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662224","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we discuss in detail the feasibility of implementation and realization of uncoupled Cellular Neural Networks (CNN) systems for image representation. Applying CNN systems for representation of binary image patterns with sparse distribution of points as an example for a possible application is studied here. The test results show a high quality of representation with this method and proved it to be a possible way to implement the proposed CNN structures in practical application.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127813031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Gronicz, L. Aaltonen, N. Chekurov, M. Kosunen, K. Halonen
{"title":"A 1.8 MHz MEMS-based oscillator with synchronous amplitude limiter","authors":"J. Gronicz, L. Aaltonen, N. Chekurov, M. Kosunen, K. Halonen","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662225","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the design and simulation of a MEMS-based oscillator using a synchronous amplitude limiter. The proposed solution does not require external control signals to keep the resonator drive amplitude within the desired range. In a MEMS oscillator the oscillation amplitude needs to be limited to avoid over-driving the resonator which could cause unwanted nonlinear behavior [1] or component failure. The interface electronics has been implemented and simulated in 0.35μm HV CMOS process. The resonator was fabricated using a custom rapid-prototyping process involving Focused Ion Beam masking and Cryogenic Deep Reactive Ion Etching.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127943791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomous detection of information patterns through hierarchical peeling","authors":"M. Radványi, K. Karacs","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662253","url":null,"abstract":"Finding useful information in real world scenes is very important for many scene understanding tasks. Signs, scripts, information panels, and logos typically stand out from their environment for a human observer, but algorithmically locating them seems to depend on the actual context. We propose a hierarchical method that locates potentially interesting areas and examines whether their content is worth further examination. The algorithm digs into the containers by iteratively peeling down external shells and deciding what parts constitute the foreground. The proposed algorithm can be efficiently implemented on topographic processor arrays, since it mostly contains standard topographic instructions. The effectiveness of the approach is demonstrated through several examples.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134396232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low power 2 Mbps radio telemetry system for biomedical applications","authors":"P. Turcza","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662296","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents a low power telemetry system for neural recording applications. The presented system operates in the 433 MHz ISM band. It offers a 2 Mbits/s throughput using a continuous phase frequency-shift keying (CPFSK) modulation. The presented transmitter is based on a free running, modified complementary Colpitts oscillator. Instead of using a separate power amplifier to drive the antenna, the VCO incorporates a loop antenna as its inductive element. To compensate for the oscillator frequency pulling due to changes in the antenna's environment, supply voltage or temperature, a wide band high performance digital receiver was developed. The presented transmitter was implemented using a 180 nm CMOS process, and consumes just 450 uW.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"24 5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131887028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A neuromorphic approach to auditory pattern recognition in cricket phonotaxis","authors":"T. Rost, H. Ramachandran, M. Nawrot, E. Chicca","doi":"10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2013.6662247","url":null,"abstract":"Developing neuromorphic computing paradigms that mimic nervous system function is an emerging field of research with high potential for technical applications. In the present study we take inspiration from the cricket auditory system and propose a biologically plausible neural network architecture that can explain how acoustic pattern recognition is achieved in the cricket central brain. Our circuit model combines two key features of neural processing dynamics: Spike Frequency Adaptation (SFA) and synaptic short term plasticity. We developed and extensively tested the model function in software simulations. Furthermore, the feasibility of an analogue VLSI implementation is demonstrated using a multi-neuron chip comprising Integrate-and-Fire (IF) neurons and adaptive synapses.","PeriodicalId":342333,"journal":{"name":"2013 European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design (ECCTD)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131203680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}