A Simplicial PWL Integrated Circuit Realization

Abstract

In this paper we present a mixed-signal integrated circuit in a standard CMOS 0.5 µm technology implementing a piecewise-linear (PWL) function with three inputs, where each input can be either analog or coded with 8 bits. The output of the circuit is a digital word with 8-bit precision, representing the value of the PWL function at the three-dimensional input. The circuit accesses also a 4 kB external memory, which is addressed with a 12-bit word. Experimental results are shown that demonstrate the circuit working up to 50 MHz with a maximum power consumption of 3.7 mW.