Pub Date : 2005-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465286
Tsung-Sum Lee, Chi-Chang Lu, S.H. Yu, J. Zhan
A new technique for realizing a very-high-speed low-power low-voltage fully differential CMOS sample-and-hold circuit with low hold pedestal is presented. The fully differential double-sampled design relaxes the trade-off between sampling speed and the sampling precision. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the potential advantage of the new technique.
{"title":"A very-high-speed low-power low-voltage fully differential CMOS sample-and-hold circuit with low hold pedestal","authors":"Tsung-Sum Lee, Chi-Chang Lu, S.H. Yu, J. Zhan","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465286","url":null,"abstract":"A new technique for realizing a very-high-speed low-power low-voltage fully differential CMOS sample-and-hold circuit with low hold pedestal is presented. The fully differential double-sampled design relaxes the trade-off between sampling speed and the sampling precision. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the potential advantage of the new technique.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"95 1","pages":"3111-3114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78562353","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}
Pub Date : 2005-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465697
Narrijun Cho, Seong-Jun Song, Jae-Youl Lee, Sunyoung Kim, Shiho Kim, H. Yoo
We present an RF-powered transponder with temperature sensor for environmental monitoring. The transponder gathers power from the ISM (860-960 MHz) band RF signal. A temperature-compensated ring oscillator and an oversampling synchronizer are proposed for low power and robust system clock generation. The simple structure of the temperature sensor is achieved by sharing major reference signals with the ring oscillator. The generated clock frequency has a variation of less than 5% for 1-V supply voltage and 90/spl deg/C temperature changes. The temperature sensor has a resolution under 1/spl deg/C in the range from -10/spl deg/C to 80/spl deg/C. The transponder dissipates only 8-/spl mu/W during the active state and occupies 0.3 mm/sup 2/ with a 0.25-/spl mu/m CMOS process.
{"title":"A 8-µW, 0.3-mm2 RF-powered transponder with temperature sensor for wireless environmental monitoring","authors":"Narrijun Cho, Seong-Jun Song, Jae-Youl Lee, Sunyoung Kim, Shiho Kim, H. Yoo","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465697","url":null,"abstract":"We present an RF-powered transponder with temperature sensor for environmental monitoring. The transponder gathers power from the ISM (860-960 MHz) band RF signal. A temperature-compensated ring oscillator and an oversampling synchronizer are proposed for low power and robust system clock generation. The simple structure of the temperature sensor is achieved by sharing major reference signals with the ring oscillator. The generated clock frequency has a variation of less than 5% for 1-V supply voltage and 90/spl deg/C temperature changes. The temperature sensor has a resolution under 1/spl deg/C in the range from -10/spl deg/C to 80/spl deg/C. The transponder dissipates only 8-/spl mu/W during the active state and occupies 0.3 mm/sup 2/ with a 0.25-/spl mu/m CMOS process.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"776 1","pages":"4763-4766"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85440860","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}
Pub Date : 2005-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464944
F. Serra-Graells, B. Misischi, E. Casanueva, C. Méndez, L. Terés
The paper proposes a low-cost scanning read-out IC architecture for large arrays of infra-red photon sensors operating at cryogenic temperatures. The low-power and compact 50/spl times/100 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ active pixel sensor area is achieved by the use of novel CMOS basic building blocks for single-capacitor integration and correlated double sampling, embedded pixel-test, pixel charge-multiplexing, video multiplexing and offset calibration. As a result, a low-cost 500/spl times/12 and 60 ns/pixel system-on-chip realization, capable of capturing high-resolution and real-time infra-red images, such as 640/spl times/500 @ 100 fps or 2560/spl times/500 @ 25 fps, is presented for a standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS technology.
{"title":"A 60 ns 500×12 0.35µm CMOS low-power scanning read-out IC for cryogenic infra-red sensors","authors":"F. Serra-Graells, B. Misischi, E. Casanueva, C. Méndez, L. Terés","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464944","url":null,"abstract":"The paper proposes a low-cost scanning read-out IC architecture for large arrays of infra-red photon sensors operating at cryogenic temperatures. The low-power and compact 50/spl times/100 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ active pixel sensor area is achieved by the use of novel CMOS basic building blocks for single-capacitor integration and correlated double sampling, embedded pixel-test, pixel charge-multiplexing, video multiplexing and offset calibration. As a result, a low-cost 500/spl times/12 and 60 ns/pixel system-on-chip realization, capable of capturing high-resolution and real-time infra-red images, such as 640/spl times/500 @ 100 fps or 2560/spl times/500 @ 25 fps, is presented for a standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS technology.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"69 1","pages":"1742-1745"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74015261","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}
Pub Date : 2005-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465111
H. Reddy, P. Rajan
Delta (/spl delta/-) operator formulation for discrete time systems with sampling period T as explicit variable merges to the underlying continuous time system as T/spl rarr/0. The paper uses this fact in studying the stability of two-dimensional (2D) /spl delta/-discrete time (DT) systems and formulates the concept of the /spl alpha/-very strict Hurwitz polynomial (VSHP). This is related to the 2D (1//spl alpha/)-Schur polynomial through inverse variable transformation. The properties and test procedures for /spl alpha/-VSHF and its importance in the structural stability of 2D /spl delta/-DT systems are presented.
{"title":"Generalized alpha-VSH polynomials and stability of delta-operator based 2D discrete-time systems","authors":"H. Reddy, P. Rajan","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465111","url":null,"abstract":"Delta (/spl delta/-) operator formulation for discrete time systems with sampling period T as explicit variable merges to the underlying continuous time system as T/spl rarr/0. The paper uses this fact in studying the stability of two-dimensional (2D) /spl delta/-discrete time (DT) systems and formulates the concept of the /spl alpha/-very strict Hurwitz polynomial (VSHP). This is related to the 2D (1//spl alpha/)-Schur polynomial through inverse variable transformation. The properties and test procedures for /spl alpha/-VSHF and its importance in the structural stability of 2D /spl delta/-DT systems are presented.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"118 1","pages":"2409-2412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88038128","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}
Pub Date : 2005-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466040
S. Sheikhaei, S. Mirabbasi, André Ivanov
A high-speed differential clocked comparator circuit is presented. The comparator consists of a preamplifier and a latch stage followed by a dynamic latch that operates as an output sampler. The output sampler circuit consists of a full transmission gate (TG) and two inverters. The use of this sampling stage results in a reduction in the power consumption of this high-speed comparator. Simulations show that charge injection of the TG adds constructively to the sampled signal value, therefore amplifying the sampled signal with a modest gain of 1.15. Combined with the high gain of the inverters, the sampled signals are amplified toward the rail voltages. This comparator is designed and fabricated in a 0.35 /spl mu/m standard digital CMOS technology. Measurement results show a sampling frequency of 1 GHz with 16 mV resolution for a 1 V input signal range and 2 mW power consumption from a 3.3 V supply. The architecture can be scaled down to smaller feature sizes and lower supply voltages.
{"title":"A 0.35µm CMOS comparator circuit for high-speed ADC applications","authors":"S. Sheikhaei, S. Mirabbasi, André Ivanov","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466040","url":null,"abstract":"A high-speed differential clocked comparator circuit is presented. The comparator consists of a preamplifier and a latch stage followed by a dynamic latch that operates as an output sampler. The output sampler circuit consists of a full transmission gate (TG) and two inverters. The use of this sampling stage results in a reduction in the power consumption of this high-speed comparator. Simulations show that charge injection of the TG adds constructively to the sampled signal value, therefore amplifying the sampled signal with a modest gain of 1.15. Combined with the high gain of the inverters, the sampled signals are amplified toward the rail voltages. This comparator is designed and fabricated in a 0.35 /spl mu/m standard digital CMOS technology. Measurement results show a sampling frequency of 1 GHz with 16 mV resolution for a 1 V input signal range and 2 mW power consumption from a 3.3 V supply. The architecture can be scaled down to smaller feature sizes and lower supply voltages.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"4 1","pages":"6134-6137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73160949","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}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465230
Weifeng He, Yunlong Bi, Zhigang Mao
{"title":"Efficient frame-level pipelined array architecture for full-search block-matching motion estimation","authors":"Weifeng He, Yunlong Bi, Zhigang Mao","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1465230","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"45 1","pages":"2887-2890"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83231783","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}
Pub Date : 2005-01-01DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466085
Xing Qin, Xiaolang Yan, Haitong Ge, Ye Yang
{"title":"A simplified algorithm of JPEG2000 rate control for VLSI implementation","authors":"Xing Qin, Xiaolang Yan, Haitong Ge, Ye Yang","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1466085","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"2 1","pages":"6316-6319"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78523540","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}
Pub Date : 2004-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328401
W. Cheng, K. Pun, C. Chan, O. Choy
Lowpass complex sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) modulators that have a built-in mixer can be used to digitize narrowband intermediate frequency (IF) signals in radios and cellular systems. A well-known problem of the complex modulators is the mismatches between the in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) channels. In this paper, a technique of sharing the critical sampling and feedback capacitors between the I and Q channels of the modulator is proposed. As demonstrated by circuit simulations, the mismatch effect can be greatly suppressed and thus the image rejection performance can be improved. A 3/sup rd/ order complex modulator is designed with a 0.35/spl mu/m CMOS technology for a 10.7MHz IF input.
{"title":"An IF-sampling SC complex lowpass Sigma Delta modulator with high image rejection by capacitor sharing","authors":"W. Cheng, K. Pun, C. Chan, O. Choy","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328401","url":null,"abstract":"Lowpass complex sigma-delta (/spl Sigma//spl Delta/) modulators that have a built-in mixer can be used to digitize narrowband intermediate frequency (IF) signals in radios and cellular systems. A well-known problem of the complex modulators is the mismatches between the in-phase (I) and quadrature phase (Q) channels. In this paper, a technique of sharing the critical sampling and feedback capacitors between the I and Q channels of the modulator is proposed. As demonstrated by circuit simulations, the mismatch effect can be greatly suppressed and thus the image rejection performance can be improved. A 3/sup rd/ order complex modulator is designed with a 0.35/spl mu/m CMOS technology for a 10.7MHz IF input.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"6 1","pages":"1140-1143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76829880","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}
Pub Date : 2004-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328220
J. Nielsen, E. Bruun
This paper presents the design of a third-order low-pass /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employing a continuous-time (CT) loop filter. The loop filter is implemented using G/sub m/ - C integrators, where the transconductors are implemented using CMOS transistors only. System level as well as transistor level design issues for power efficiency is discussed. A prototype /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ ADC intended for weak biological signals restricted to bandwidths below 4 kHz has been manufactured in a standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The ADC has a measured resolution of 10 bits and a dynamic range (DR) of 67 dB at a sampling rate of f/sub s/ = 1.4 MHz, while drawing a bias current of 60 /spl mu/A from a modest supply voltage of 1.8 V, thus consuming 108 /spl mu/W of power.
{"title":"A low-power 10-bit continuous-time CMOS Sigma Delta A/D converter","authors":"J. Nielsen, E. Bruun","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328220","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design of a third-order low-pass /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ analog-to-digital converter (ADC) employing a continuous-time (CT) loop filter. The loop filter is implemented using G/sub m/ - C integrators, where the transconductors are implemented using CMOS transistors only. System level as well as transistor level design issues for power efficiency is discussed. A prototype /spl Sigma//spl Delta/ ADC intended for weak biological signals restricted to bandwidths below 4 kHz has been manufactured in a standard 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The ADC has a measured resolution of 10 bits and a dynamic range (DR) of 67 dB at a sampling rate of f/sub s/ = 1.4 MHz, while drawing a bias current of 60 /spl mu/A from a modest supply voltage of 1.8 V, thus consuming 108 /spl mu/W of power.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"7 1","pages":"417-420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88789044","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}
Pub Date : 2004-05-23DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328218
U. Koc, Jaesik Lee
This paper presents the behavioral simulation of a fourth-order multi-bit continuous-time bandpass /spl Delta/-/spl Sigma/ analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for direct radio frequency (RF) conversion in multi-band 3G base stations. With a 2.1 GHz carrier frequency, the conventional method requires a sampling frequency greater than 8 GHz. To overcome the design complexity, jitter issue, and high power consumption anticipated for a design at such a high sampling-rate, we propose a new mirrored-image sampling technique to achieve targeted ADC performance at a much lower sampling rate. Detailed analysis of stability and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) find the optimum DAC topology and design parameters. With an RZ33%-DAC, the ADC is capable of digitizing a 2.1 GHz RF signal with a 20 MHz band at 2.8 Gsamples/sec, and achieving a 87 dB SNR.
{"title":"Direct RF sampling continuous-time bandpass Delta-Sigma A/D converter design for 3G wireless applications","authors":"U. Koc, Jaesik Lee","doi":"10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328218","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the behavioral simulation of a fourth-order multi-bit continuous-time bandpass /spl Delta/-/spl Sigma/ analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for direct radio frequency (RF) conversion in multi-band 3G base stations. With a 2.1 GHz carrier frequency, the conventional method requires a sampling frequency greater than 8 GHz. To overcome the design complexity, jitter issue, and high power consumption anticipated for a design at such a high sampling-rate, we propose a new mirrored-image sampling technique to achieve targeted ADC performance at a much lower sampling rate. Detailed analysis of stability and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) find the optimum DAC topology and design parameters. With an RZ33%-DAC, the ADC is capable of digitizing a 2.1 GHz RF signal with a 20 MHz band at 2.8 Gsamples/sec, and achieving a 87 dB SNR.","PeriodicalId":91083,"journal":{"name":"IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems proceedings. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems","volume":"2016 1","pages":"409-412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87784691","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}