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Low-voltage low-power current mode exponential circuit

IEE Proceedings - Circuits Devices and Systems · 2005 · 17 citations · 7 references

Concepts

EngineeringElectrical EngineeringCircuit TheoryLow-power DesignMicroelectronicsCurrent-voltage CharacteristicsElectric CircuitsExponential FunctionsLinear Circuit AnalysisCurrent-mode Circuit DesignExponential Function BehaviorLow-power Circuit DesignLow-power Cmos DesignPower ConsumptionPower Consumption ModelingVoltage

Abstract

The translinear principle is applied to obtain a low-voltage low-power current mode exponential circuit. The circuit approximates the exponential function through Taylor's series. The total power consumption of this circuit is below 3.5 μW with 1 V supply voltage.

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Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Analog Electronics +15

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Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Low-power Design +13

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