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    Design of Constant Phase Elements for Adjustable Pseudocapacitance by a Single Driving Voltage Using Integrated Unipolar Transistor Fields
    (2026-01-01)
    Sotner, Roman
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    Litovska, Anna
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    Polak, Ladislav
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    Jerabek, Jan
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    Kledrowetz, Vilem
    This paper presents the design of a passive fractional-order element with tunable pseudocapacitance, enabling adaptable circuit behavior without additional power consumption. This is an important feature for modelling and characterization in natural systems, as well as in the field of electrical and electronic engineering, particularly for the design of instrumentation and sensing systems. The proposed topologies are based on integrated unipolar transistor arrays. Two implementations are demonstrated, with fractional orders of 0.22 and 0.5, offering pseudocapacitance adjustment ranges from 65 to 1 670 mikroF/s^0.78 and from 6.7 to 51 mikroF/s^0.5, respectively. Tuning is achieved through a DC bias voltage ranging from 0.8 to 10 V. The devices operate across nearly two decades of frequency, from approximately 100 Hz to 200 kHz, and support signal amplitudes in the hundreds of millivolts. Two application examples highlight their potential: electronic tuning of the center frequency in a fractional-order band-pass filter, and adjustment of the oscillation frequency in a fractional-order oscillator with a fixed 22.5 degrees phase shift between output waves. All concepts and results are experimentally validated in the laboratory.
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    Short range electromagnetic interface using 0.35 μm CMOS blocks for temperature monitoring in isolated areas
    (2022-11-01)
    Sotner, Roman
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    Jerabek, Jan
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    Polak, Ladislav
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    Prokop, Roman
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    Ayten, Umut Engin
    Introduction: Infra-red (IR) and visible light (VL) based systems developed for transmission of information about physical quantities (e.g. humidity, temperature) out from closed areas, cannot be effectively employed in case of specific conditions in a targeted environment (because of fog or vapor for example). Objectives: In this work, we introduce a concept of wireless short-range transmitter and receiver to sense physical quantities, for instance temperature, with slow variation. The proposed concept is able to transmit analog-based information from isolated environments (e.g. aquariums or environments for plant growing) with high immunity against vapor and fog that limits standard optical (laser, IR band) methods of communication. Methods: In this work, a new concept of short range radiofrequency (RF) communication device consisting of transmitting and receiving parts build from active devices fabricated in 0.35 μm I3T25 3.3 V CMOS process and ferrite antennas is selected. RF part uses medium-wave propagation within 10 mm distance at frequency 700 kHz. Such an approach offers minimal path loss of the radiated energy of a signal and low-gain amplification required for restoration of similar levels as available at the transmitting side. Results: The processing of base-band signals of simple (sine wave) and complex (electrocardiogram) character was verified experimentally through the system. Application example of temperature monitoring in a closed environment, based on a temperature sensor (thermistor), verifies operationability in temperature range from 10 °C up to 50 °C. Conclusion: Compared to state-of-the-art solution, the presented concept has several advantages, for instance: less complexity; using of simpler type of modulation and demodulation; lower power consumption and significantly reduced issues caused by an environment with special transmission conditions (e.g. fog and vapor). The obtained results are in good agreement with expectations. Among others, the presented system brings beneficial performances for similar applications targeting on monitoring of low-frequency or slowly varying signals.
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    A Single Parameter Voltage Adjustable Immittance Topology for Integer- And Fractional-Order Design Using Modular Active CMOS Devices
    (2021-01-01)
    Sotner, Roman
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    Jerabek, Jan
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    Polak, Ladislav
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    Prokop, Roman
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    Jaikla, Winai
    A simple single parameter adjustable immittance concept designed with modular active devices, fabricated in I3T $25~0.35~\mu \text{m}$ 3.3 V CMOS process of ON Semiconductor, is introduced. The proposed devices employ an integer-order capacitor and specifically designed fractional-order capacitors (sometimes called constant phase elements). The proposed active topology consists of two simple active elements, namely a linearly voltage adjustable operational transconductance amplifier and a voltage differencing unity gain voltage follower/buffer, and only two passive elements, i.e. redundancy is minimized. The designed topology offers generation of an adjustable immittance having both the capacitive and inductive character. The importance of the order as well as the value of the pseudo-capacitance for design and analyzes are shown, including all important parasitic features for estimation of expected operational bandwidth which have to be considered in the design. The operational bandwidth is determined by high values of approximants of fractional-order capacities (225, 56 and $8.8~\mu \text{F}$ /seĉ1- $\alpha $ , where $\alpha $ represents the order equal to 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75, respectively). These parameters result into ranges between tens of Hz and units-tens of kHz. The adjustability of the transconductance from 70 to $700~\mu \text{S}$ by the driving voltage between 0.05 and 0.5 V offers approximately one decade change of equivalent capacitance and inductance. Laboratory-based experiments done with a fabricated prototype confirmed the theoretical presumptions.
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    Comparison of Two Solutions of Quadrature Oscillators With Linear Control of Frequency of Oscillation Employing Modern Commercially Available Devices
    (2015-11-23)
    Sotner, Roman
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    Jerabek, Jan
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    Langhammer, Lukas
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    Polak, Josef
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    Herencsar, Norbert
    This paper proposes two circuits of frequency-controlled oscillators, whose structures are based only on simple commercially available active elements with minimum number of terminals, in particular, the differential voltage buffer, controllable voltage amplifier and electronically controllable current conveyor. Two methods for achieving linear control (tuning) of frequency of oscillations (FO) are discussed. The first method employs a simple structure. However, the generated signal level (amplitude) depends on the tuning process. This is a drawback of this method. The second method solves this drawback completely, and the generated signals have constant amplitudes during the tuning of FO. The expected behavior is confirmed by laboratory experiments utilizing commercially available high-speed active elements (current- and voltage-mode multipliers, video difference amplifier). Operational range was tested from frequencies of hundreds of kHz up to frequencies of tens of MHz.