Electronically Tunable Voltage-Mode Multiphase Sinusoidal Oscillator with Low Output Impedance Nodes Employing VD-DIBAs

The multiphase sinusoidal oscillator (MSO) is useful for various electrical and electronic applications. This study aims to design an MSO employing voltage differencing differential input buffered amplifiers (VD-DIBAs). The design procedure is based on cascading the first-order low-pass filter. Each phase consists of a VD-DIBA, two resistors, and a grounded capacitor. An odd-phase system without requiring an additional amplifier. The frequency is electronically controlled through the bias current without affecting the condition. The sinewave amplitudes and the phase difference between each waveform are identical. The proposed MSO is designed to obtain three-phase waveforms (n = 3). PSPICE simulation demonstrates the performance of the proposed oscillator with 0.18 μm TSMC CMOS parameters with ±0.9 V power supply. The feasibility of the proposed MSO is also verified with experiments using the VD-DIBA constructed from commercial integrated circuits (ICs) with a ±5 V power supply. The simulated and experimental results align with theoretical predictions

A wideband linear tunable CDTA and its application in field programmable analogue array

This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Hu, Z., Wang, C., Sun, J. et al. ‘A wideband linear tunable CDTA and its application in field programmable analogue array’, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 88 (3): 465-483, September 2016. Under embargo. Embargo end date: 6 June 2017. The final publication is available at Springer via https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10470-016-0772-7 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016In this paper, a NMOS-based wideband low power and linear tunable transconductance current differencing transconductance amplifier (CDTA) is presented. Based on the NMOS CDTA, a novel simple and easily reconfigurable configurable analogue block (CAB) is designed. Moreover, using the novel CAB, a simple and versatile butterfly-shaped FPAA structure is introduced. The FPAA consists of six identical CABs, and it could realize six order current-mode low pass filter, second order current-mode universal filter, current-mode quadrature oscillator, current-mode multi-phase oscillator and current-mode multiplier for analog signal processing. The Cadence IC Design Tools 5.1.41 post-layout simulation and measurement results are included to confirm the theory.Peer reviewedFinal Accepted Versio