A CMOS piecewise-linear circuit for nonlinear function syntheses

Petchmaneelumka, Wandee; Chaikla, Amphawan; Pannil, Pittaya; Julprapa, Attaya; Riewruja, Vanchai

A CMOS piecewise-linear circuit for nonlinear function syntheses

Author(s)

Petchmaneelumka, Wandee

Chaikla, Amphawan

Pannil, Pittaya

Julprapa, Attaya

Riewruja, Vanchai

Date Issued

December 1, 2001

Type

Conference Paper

Abstract

A piecewise-linear circuit element, termed a current limiter, is proposed in this paper. The limit-point and break-point of the current limiter can be electronically varied. The proposed circuits can be employed to synthesize accurately a large class of nonlinear function circuit. The proposed principle is suitable for implementation in a standard CMOS process. Simulation results showing the accuracy and linearity of the proposed circuits are also included.

Citation

International Symposium on IC Technology Systems and Applications, 9, 90-93, 2001