A recently developed active building block, namely Voltage Differencing Extra X Current Conveyor (VD-EXCCII), is employed in the design of multi input single output (MISO), electronically tunable mixed-mode universal filter. The filter provides low pass (LP), high pass (HP), band pass (BP), band reject (BR) and all pass (AP) responses in current-mode (CM), voltage-mode (VM), trans-impedance-mode (TIM) and trans-admittance-mode (TAM). The filter employs a single VD-EXCCII, three resistors and two capacitors. Additionally, a CM single input multi output (SIMO) filter can be derived from the same circuit topology by only adding current output terminals. The attractive features of the filter include: (i) the ability to operate in all four modes, (ii) the tunability of the Q factor independent of pole frequency, (iii) the low output impedance for the VM filter, (iv) the high output impedance current output for CM and TAM filters and (v) no requirement for double/negative input signals (voltage/current) for response realization. The VD-EXCCII and its layout is designed and validated in Cadence Virtuoso using 0.18 µm pdk from Silterra Malaysia with a supply voltage of ±1.25 V. The operation of the filter is examined at the 8.0844 MHz characteristic frequency. A non-ideal parasitic and sensitivity analysis is also carried out to study the effect of process and components spread on the filter performance.
In this paper, a novel electronically tunable biquadratic universal mixed-mode filter is presented. The filter is based on extra X current conveyor transconductance amplifier (EXCCTA), recently introduced by authors. The proposed filter employs two EXCCTAs, two capacitors, a switch, and four resistors. The filter can work in both multi-input-single-output (MISO) and single-input-multi-output (SIMO) configurations without change in its structure. The filter provides all five responses in voltage-mode (VM), current-mode (CM), transimpedance-mode (TIM), and transadmittance-mode (TAM). The attractive features of the filter include (i) ability to operate in both MISO and SIMO configurations in all four modes, (ii) no requirement of capacitive matching, (iii) tunability of quality factor (Q) independent of natural frequency (ω 0) in MISO & SIMO configurations and (iv) no requirement for double/negative input signals (voltage/current) in MISO configuration. The non-ideal gain and sensitivity analysis is also carried out to study the effects of process variations and passive components spread on filter performance. The filter is designed in Cadence Virtuoso using Silterra Malaysia 0.18µm PDK. The complete layout of the EXCCTA is designed and the parasitic extraction is done. The filter is tested at a supply voltage of ±1.25 V and the obtained results validate the theoretical findings.
In this research a new highly versatile analog building block (ABB), the voltage differencing dual X current conveyor (VD-DXCC), is proposed. It is employed to synthesize a versatile dual mode biquadratic filter. The proposed filter uses canonical number of passive elements and has inbuilt tunability feature. In addition, the proposed filter can work as multi input single output (MISO) and single input multi output (SIMO) filter in current mode (CM) of operation. Furthermore, the quality factor and pole frequency of the filter can be set independently. The non-ideal gain analysis and sensitivity analysis of the filters is also carried out to study the effect of process variations and process spread on the filter response. The proposed designs are validated using 0.18um Silterra Malaysia process design kit (PDK) in Cadence Virtuoso design software. The parasitic extraction is carried out using Calibre tool from Mentor Graphics. The complete layout of the VD-DXCC is made and post layout simulation results are given for each design. The post layout results are in close agreement with the theoretical analysis.
Purpose This paper aims to achieve two main objectives. First, to introduce to the literature a new versatile active building block, namely, voltage differencing differential voltage current conveyor (VD-DVCC) for analog signal processing applications. Second, to design a novel electronically tunable mixed-mode universal filter. The designed filter provides low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, band-reject and all-pass responses in voltage-mode (VM), current-mode (CM), trans-impedance-mode (TIM) and trans-admittance-mode (TAM). Design/methodology/approach The proposed filter uses two VD-DVCCs, three resistors and two capacitors. All the capacitors used are grounded, which is advantageous from the monolithic integration point of view. The VD-DVCC is designed and validated in Cadence software using CMOS 0.18 µm process design kit from Silterra Malaysia at a supply voltage of ±1 V. Findings The proposed novel filter enjoys many attractive features including as follows: the ability to operate in all four modes, no requirement of capacitive matching, tunability of quality factor (Q) independent of pole frequency, availability of both inverting and non-inverting outputs for VM and TIM mode, high output impedance explicit current output for CM and TAM, no requirement for double/negative input signals (voltage/current) for response realization and low active and passive sensitivities. The filter is designed for a pole frequency of 5.305 MHz. The obtained results bear a close resemblance with the theoretical findings. Originality/value The proposed novel filter structure requires a minimum number of active and passive components and provides operation in all four operating modes. The filter will find application in structures of mixed-mode systems.
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