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6. Current-Mode Filters

Authors : Heimo Uhrmann, Robert Kolm, Horst Zimmermann

Published in: Analog Filters in Nanometer CMOS

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Voltage-mode filters and especially their linearity and dynamic range suffer from the low supply voltages of deep-sub-micron and nanometer CMOS. This fact served as motivation to investigate current-mode filters with the hope for a better linearity and larger dynamic range. Current-mode filters also may allow saving of current-to-voltage and voltage-to-current converters compared to the case when voltage mode filters are used in combination with current-mode mixer and current-steering digital-analog converter for instance. A lower power consumption then should be obtainable. This chapter will give on overview on current-mode filters described in literature and will introduce new current-mode filters designed in 120 nm CMOS and 65 nm low-power CMOS. Their properties are described in detail.

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Title: Current-Mode Filters
Authors: Heimo Uhrmann
Robert Kolm
Horst Zimmermann
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Analog Filters in Nanometer CMOS
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-38012-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-38013-6

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38013-6_6