Current mode CCII oscillators using grounded capacitors and resistors

New realizations of grounded C, grounded R current mode oscillators using the current conveyor (CCII) are given. The proposed oscillators are classified into two classes depending on the number of feedback loops. In class I, there is a single current feedback loop, whereas in class II, there are two current feedback loops. Class I includes two types and it employs two CCIIs, three capacitors and three or four resistors. Class II employs two CCIIs having two-outputs each, two capacitors and three resistors and has independent control on the condition of oscillation and on the frequency of oscillation by varying two alternative resistors. PSpice simulations are included. Exact analysis based on the parasitic elements of the CCII is carried out indicating that class I has a third order characteristic equation. Class II has the advantage that the effects of the parasitic elements of the CCIIs can be absorbed in the circuit components. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Voltage mode and current mode Tow Thomas bi‐quadratic filters using inverting CCII

A voltage mode Tow Thomas bi‐quadratic filter using the inverting second‐generation current conveyor (ICCII) is given. The filter has high input impedance, employs two grounded capacitors, and has independent control on Q, independent control on the band‐pass and low‐pass response gain. Three alternative current mode filters are generated from the voltage mode circuit. The three circuits have zero input impedance, employ grounded capacitors and have independent control on Q. Two of the circuits have also all resistors grounded and the other uses only ICCII?and has only one floating resistor. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

CMOS digitally programmable quadrature oscillators

CMOS digitally programmable quadrature oscillators based on digitally controlled current followers and voltage followers are proposed. The proposed designs provide the advantage of programmability similar to the operational transconductance amplifier‐based oscillators while offering improved linearity. In mixed analog/digital systems, the digital tuning feature allows direct interfacing with the digital signal processing part. Novel realizations that provide both voltage‐mode and current‐mode quadrature sinusoidal signals are presented. Employing only grounded capacitors the designs achieve independent control of the frequency and condition of oscillation that can be tuned digitally. Experimental results obtained from a 0.35 µm CMOS chip fabricated using standard CMOS process are given. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The CCII+ and the ICCII as basic building blocks in low‐pass filter realizations

Three new grounded capacitor current mode low‐pass filters using two inverting second‐generation current conveyor (ICCII) or one double output ICCII are given. The circuits employ the minimum number of passive circuit components, namely two resistors and two capacitors. The circuits are generated from three new voltage mode low‐pass filters realized with the ICCII. A new grounded capacitor CCII+ current mode low‐pass filter is generated from one of the new voltage mode low‐pass filters employing two ICCII?. A new grounded passive component low‐pass filter with independent control on Q and using three ICCII+ is also introduced. Spice simulation results based on using the 0.5 µm CMOS model are included to support the theoretical analysis. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A method for the investigation of high-order two-frequency asynchronous oscillators

A general method for analysing asynchronous high-order two-frequency oscillators is presented. the oscillator model is made up of a GC non-linear parallel group embedded in a linear lumped time-invariant network of any order. the approach devised rests on the identification of a pair of narrow-band impedance operators which permit one to derive first-approximation steady state and dynamic equations in the phasor domain—as well as stability criteria—in a simple and expressive manner. Previous results from averaging and perturbation treatments on fourth-order asynchronous oscillators are shown to be obtainable from this theory as particular cases. the sixth-order oscillator chosen as an application example shows that computational efficiency and accuracy are among the features of the method.     

Synthesis of n-port active rc networks with a minimum number of capacitors

A new and practical synthesis procedure is presented for the realization of an arbitrary n × n matrix of real rational functions of the complex frequency variable as the short-circuit admittance matrix of a transformerless active RC n-port network. The realization requires a theoretically minimum number of capacitors p, where p is the degree of the matrix, and no more than (n + p + 1) grounded finite-gain phase-inverting voltage-controlled voltage sources. All the capacitors and ports are grounded. The freedom implicit in the synthesis procedure allows the inclusion of constraints on the passive element values. Furthermore, in special cases the realization is achieved with a reduced number of conductances and voltage-controlled voltage sources. The synthesis procedure is simple to apply and can readily be implemented on a digital computer. Several examples are given.     

Electronically controlled oscillator with linear frequency adjusting for four‐phase or differential quadrature output signal generation

This paper introduces novel four‐phase oscillator employing two Dual‐Output Controlled Gain Current Follower Buffered Amplifiers (DO‐CG‐CFBAs), single Current Amplifier, three resistors, and two grounded capacitors suitable for differential quadrature signal production (floating outputs). To control the frequency of oscillation (FO) and condition of oscillation (CO), only the current gain adjustment of active elements is used. The circuit was designed by well‐known state variable approach. The oscillator employs three active elements for linear control of FO and to adjust CO and provides low‐impedance voltage outputs. Furthermore, two straightforward ways of automatic amplitude gain control were used and compared. Active elements with very good performance are implemented to fulfill required features. Suitable CMOS implementation of introduced DO‐CG‐CFBA was shown. Important characteristics of the designed oscillator were verified experimentally and by PSpice simulations to confirm theoretical and expected presumptions. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Current mode filters using two output inverting CCII

Current mode Tow Thomas filter using two‐output inverting second‐generation current conveyor is given, the circuit has low input impedance, employs two grounded capacitors and three grounded resistors and has independent control on Q. A universal current mode filter capable of realizing the five filter functions is also given. Both circuits have low sensitivities to all circuit components. Spice simulation results are included. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Systematic realization of a class of hysteresis chaotic oscillators

A systematic method for realizing a class of hysteresis RC chaotic oscillators is described. The method is based on direct coupling of a general second‐order sinusoidal oscillator structure to a passive non‐monotone current‐controlled non‐linear resistor. Owing to this passive non‐linearity, the power consumption, supply voltage and bandwidth limitations imposed upon the chaotic oscillator are mainly those due to the active sinusoidal oscillator alone. Tunability of the chaotic oscillator can be achieved via a single control parameter and the evolution of the two‐dimensional sinusoidal oscillator dynamics into a three‐dimensional state‐space is clearly recognized. The flexibility of this method is demonstrated by two examples using PSpice simulations and experimental results. Numerical simulations of derived mathematical models are also shown. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sinusoidal oscillators with lower gain requirements at higher frequencies based on an explicit tanh(x) nonlinearity

Two novel sinusoidal oscillator structures with an explicit tanh(x) nonlinearity are proposed. The oscillators have the attractive feature: the higher the operating frequency, the lower the necessary gain required to start oscillations. A nonlinear model for the two oscillators is derived and verified numerically. Spice simulations using AMS BiCMOS 0.35µ model parameters and experimental results are shown. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A generalized family of memristor‐based voltage controlled relaxation oscillator

Recently, memristive oscillators are a significant topic in the nonlinear circuit theory where there is a possibility to build relaxation oscillators without existence of reactive elements. In this paper, a family of voltage‐controlled memristor‐based relaxation oscillator including two memristors is presented. The operation of two memristors‐based voltage relaxation oscillator circuits is demonstrated theoretically with the mathematical analysis and with numerical simulations. The generalized expressions for the oscillation frequency and conditions are derived for different cases, where a closed form is introduced for each case. The effect of changing the circuit parameters on the oscillation frequency and conditions is investigated numerically. In addition, the derived equations are verified using several transient PSPICE simulations. The power consumption of each oscillator is obtained numerically and compared with its PSPICE counterpart. Furthermore, controlling the memristive oscillator with a voltage grants the design an extra degree of freedom which increases the design flexibility. The nonlinear exponential model of memristor is employed to prove the oscillation concept. As an application, two examples of voltage‐controlled memristor‐based relaxation oscillator are provided to elaborate the effect of the reference voltage on the output voltage. This voltage‐controlled memristor‐based relaxation oscillator has nano size with storage property that makes it more efficient compared with the conventional one. It would be helpful in many communication applications.     

Evaluation and comparison of GHz‐range LC oscillators using time‐varying root‐locus

This paper presents a comprehensive comparison between complementary metal‐oxide‐semiconductor (CMOS) LC‐oscillator topologies often used in GHz‐range transceivers. The comparison utilizes the time‐varying root‐locus (TVRL) method to add new insights into the operation of different oscillators. The paper focuses on the treatment of the TVRL trajectories obtained for different oscillators and establishes links between the trajectories and physical phenomena in oscillators. The evaluation of the root trajectories shows the advantages of the TVRL method for comparing oscillator topologies, which is also extended towards the analysis of voltage‐controlled oscillators. The necessary circuit simplifications required in closed‐form root‐locus analysis are avoided by the TVRL, which allows precise oscillator comparison and reveals details on the topology specifics. The derived conclusions have been verified by the Cadence Spectre‐RF simulator on 130‐nm CMOS process. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Electronically controlled multiphase sinusoidal oscillators using current amplifiers

A novel current‐mode multiphase oscillator topology is introduced in this letter. This is realized by employing current amplifiers and only grounded capacitors. Attractive characteristics offered by the new topology are the electronic adjustment of the oscillation frequency, the absence of passive resistors, and the requirement of only grounded capacitors. Comparison with the corresponding already published current follower based structure shows that the proposed topology has better performance in terms of the number of required active elements, the employment of passive resistors, and the ability for electronic adjustment of the oscillation frequency. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A mixed‐mode KHN‐biquad using DVCC and grounded passive elements suitable for direct cascading

In this paper a mixed‐mode (input and output signals can be current or voltage) Kerwin–Huelsman–Newcomb (KHN) biquad with low/high input impedance and high/low output impedance depending on the type of the corresponding signal (current/voltage) is presented. The circuit is constructed using three differential voltage current conveyors (DVCCs), two grounded capacitors and three grounded resistors. The circuit simultaneously provides bandpass (BP), highpass (HP) and lowpass (LP) responses when the output is current and notch, BP and LP responses when the output is voltage. The notch and allpass responses can be obtained by connecting appropriate output currents directly without using additional active elements. Because of the low input and high output impedance of the circuit for current signals and the high input and low output impedance for voltage signals, it can be used in cascade for realizing higher‐order filters. SPICE simulation results are given to verify the theoretical analysis. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

All‐pass sections with rich cascadability and IC realization suitability

In this paper, two new circuit configurations for realizing voltage‐mode (VM) all‐pass sections (APSs) are presented. The proposed circuits employ only two differential voltage current conveyors (DVCCs) and are cascadable with other VM circuits due to their high‐input and low‐output impedances. The first configuration uses a grounded resistor and a grounded capacitor without requiring matching constraints, whereas the second employs two grounded resistors and a grounded capacitor with a single matching condition. While the first configuration can realize only one all‐pass response, the second can provide inverting and non‐inverting all‐pass responses with selection of appropriate input port. Adding two grounded resistors to the proposed filters, variable gain APSs can also be obtained. As applications, two quadrature oscillators, each of which using one of the proposed all‐pass circuits, one grounded resistor and one grounded capacitor are presented. SPICE simulation results are included to verify the theory. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

双断口真空开关瞬态恢复电压分布特性的仿真与实验研究

双断口真空开关介质恢复特性及暂态过程均压关系的探明是其成功开断的理论依据。运用暂态分析软件ATP搭建双断口真空开关仿真平台,利用其暂态分析控制系统实现了暂态真空电弧模型,在真空开关两断口有、无均压电容的情况下分别进行故障电流开断的仿真实验。搭建两真空灭弧室串联的双断口真空开关实验模型进行瞬态恢复电压分布特性的实验研究。实验与仿真结果吻合,共同证明双断口真空开关分断是否成功主要取决于介质恢复过程断口间电压分布是否均匀,两断口间的分压关系在动态介质恢复过程中主要由电弧电阻决定,而动态介质恢复完成后主要由断口两端的电容决定。因此,低分散性操动机构的设计与灭弧室两端均压电容的选定是双断口及多断口真空开关成功开断的关键因素。     

Harmonic oscillators realized using current amplifiers and grounded capacitors

New configurations of harmonic oscillators, realized using current amplifier blocks and only grounded capacitors, are introduced in this article. The proposed configurations are based on a grounded inductor simulator scheme and on a loop constructed from first‐order sections, respectively. Comparison with the already published topologies shows that the new configurations have attractive characteristics concerning their implementation in integrated form. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Switching‐mode counterparts of the Rayleigh and Van‐der‐Pol oscillators

The present work deals with two fundamental oscillator models. One of them can be regarded as a switching‐mode counterpart of the Rayleigh oscillator, while the other can be regarded as a switching‐mode counterpart of the Van‐der‐Pol oscillator. The models are investigated by several means. Their structure is discussed by treating their circuit models. It is also shown that the related differential equations can be solved analytically and explicit forms of exact solutions are attained by employing recursive algebraic processes. The latter solutions are successfully compared to comprehensive direct simulations based on the original differential equations. Furthermore, the exhibited solutions of the switching‐mode counterparts for small and moderate values of ϵ are shown to be closely similar to the solutions of their parent oscillators. Possible applications of the present oscillatory models are discussed. It is argued that the models can favourably serve for simply representing biological and other systems that rely on oscillatory processes. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A low‐power technique for high‐resolution dynamic comparators

A low‐power technique for high‐resolution comparators is introduced. In this technique, p‐type metal‐oxide‐semiconductor field‐effect transistors are employed as the input of the latch of the comparator just like the input of the preamplifier. The latch and preamplifier stages are activated in a special pattern using an inverter‐based controller. Unlike the conventional comparator, the preamplification delay can be set to an optimum low value even if after the preamplification, the output voltages is less than n‐channel metal‐oxide semiconductor voltage threshold. As a result, the proposed comparator reduces the power consumption significantly and enhances the speed. The speed and power benefits of the proposed comparator were verified using analytical derivations, PVT corners, and post layout simulations. The results confirm that the introduced technique reduces the power consumption by 60%, also, provides 57% better comparison speed for an input common mode voltage (V_cm) range of 0‐Vdd/2.