• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.269-274
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• 2004

Current delivery system, in which the analog current produced by a unique DAC circuit is stored into a current-memory circuit and delivered in a time-divided sequence, shows variation of output current as low as 4% in a current source data-driver IC for AM-OLED driven by a current-programmed method without any fuse repairing after fabrication. This driver IC has 54 outputs and can sink constant current as low as 3 ${\mu}A$ with 6-bit analog levels. Such a low current level without variation can hardly be obtained by an ordinary MOS transistor because the current level is in the sub-threshold region and changes exponentially with threshold voltage variation. Thus we adopted a current mirror circuit composed of bipolar transistors to supply well-controlled current within a nano-ampere range.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.139-144
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• 2003

We report the results of extensive mixed mode simulations and theoretical analysis to quantify the contribution of the edge direct tunneling (EDT) current on the total gate leakage current of 80nm NMOSFET with SiO2 gate dielectric. It is shown that EDT has a profound impact on basic analog circuit building blocks such as sample-hold (S/H) circuit and the current mirror circuit. A transistor design methodology with zero gate-source/drain overlap is proposed to mitigate the EDT effect. This results in lower voltage droop in S/H application and better current matching in current mirror application. It is demonstrated that decreasing the overlap length also improves the basic analog circuit performance metrics of the transistor. The transistor with zero gate-source/drain overlap, results in better transconductance, input resistance, output resistance, intrinsic gain and unity gain transition frequency.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11b
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• pp.212-215
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• 2000

This paper introduces to design analog circuits with Verilog-A. It is a tool for design and simulation of analog ICs in behavioral level. Verilog-A has been already established standard and used to IP development in USA. We have proved the possibility of Verilog-A by comparing with measurement data of a fabricated 235MHz PLL circuit. This paper also describes another advantage of Verilog-A.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.909-912
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• 1999

This paper describes realized APC and pre-equalizer circuit, and their operation principle and test results. In analog optical transmitter, constant lasing power control, free of signal clipping and linearity are important considerations. We examined pre-equalizer and APC(Automatic Power Control) circuit to improve the analog optical transmitter performance.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.248-255
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• 2009

Error is the major problem in communication system. Absolute circuit is one of the most important building blocks to implement for the error measurement in communication system as well as in analog circuit design. The main goal of this paper is to design a circuit with high accuracy and minimum error performance. In this paper, a new current mode absolute circuit is implemented to calculate the absolute value of two signals. This new design shows enhanced performance and low distortion over the previous implementation. The proposed circuit is simulated using Hspice and implemented in analog viterbi decoder. It is very suitable for implementing in error calculation for the large scale integrated circuit. Hspice simulation results of previous and new one circuit are reported.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.960-964
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• 2003

In this paper, the CMOS integrated circuit technique for implementing current-mode maximum and minimum operations scheme is described. The maximum and minimum operations are incorporated into the same scheme with parallel processing. Using this scheme as the basic unit, an analog three-input maximum, median, and minimum circuit is designed. The performance of the proposed circuit shows a very sharp transfer characteristic and high accuracy. The proposed circuit achieves a high-speed operation, which is suitable for real-time systems. The PSPICE simulation results demonstrating the characteristic of the proposed circuit are included.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.513-513
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• 2000

An integrable circuit technique for implementing high-speed analog two-input Max/Min circuit is described. The realization method is suitable for fabrication using CMOS technology. The proposed circuit comprises a current mirror and electronic switch connected with a absolute value circuit. The maximum or minimum operation of the proposed circuit can be selected by an external control voltage. The proposed analog Max/Min circuit has a very sharp transfer characteristic and is suitable for real-time systems. Simulation results verified the circuit performances are agreed with the expected values.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.7 no.2 s.13
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• pp.135-143
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• 2003

This paper describes the design techniques of the data converters for Multiple-Valued Logic(MVL). A 3.3V low power 4 digit CMOS analog to quaternary converter (AQC) and quaternary to analog converter (QAC) mainly designed with the neuron MOS down literal circuit block has been introduced. The neuron MOS down literal architecture allows the designed AQC and QAC to accept analog and 4 level voltage inputs, and enables the proposed circuits to have the multi-threshold properity. Low power consumption of the AQC and QAC are achieved by utilizing the proposed architecture.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.51-56
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• 2003

We describe a charge pump circuit using VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) for storing information into local memories in neural networks. The VCO is used for adjusting the output voltage of the charge pump to the reference voltage and for reducing the fluctuation generated by the clocking scheme. The charge pump circuit is simulated by using Hynix 0.35um CMOS process parameters. The proposed charge pump operates properly regardless to the temperature and the supply voltage variation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.80.1-80
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• 2002

In this article, an alternative analog multiplier circuit, using the translinear second-generation current conveyors with the external resistors. The realization method makes use of the inherited translinear loop of the current conveyor offering the positive-supply current that provides in the quartersquare algebraic identity. The proposed circuit operates in voltage mode and it achieves a high accuracy. The PSPICE simulation results confirm that the performances of the proposed multiplier circuit, such as dynamic range and accuracy, are agreed with the theoretical results.