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Low Voltage, Low Power Transconductor for Low Frequency \(G_m\)-C Filters

verfasst von : Hanumantha Rao G., Rekha S.

Erschienen in: VLSI Design and Test

Verlag: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

A low voltage, low power bulk-driven transconductor for low frequency Transconductance-C (\(G_m-C\)) filters is proposed. The transconductor is designed in UMC 180 nm technology with supply voltage of 0.5 V. The transconductance (\(G_m\)) is tunable from 12 nS to 100 nS, which is suitable for low frequency \(G_m-C\) filters. The power consumption is 120 nW. As an application, a \(2^{nd}\) order Butterworth low pass filter (LPF) with cutoff frequency tunable from 110 Hz to 960 Hz is designed.

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Metadaten
Titel
Low Voltage, Low Power Transconductor for Low Frequency -C Filters
verfasst von
Hanumantha Rao G.
Rekha S.
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Verlag
Springer Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7470-7_10

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