CCII-Based Grounded to Floating Immittance Converter and a Floating Inductance Simulator

A new circuit employing second-generation current conveyors (CCIIs), and unmatched resistors for converting a grounded immittance to the corresponding floating immittance with either positive or negative adjustable multiplier, is presented. Moreover, the proposed circuit can also realize a synthetic floating inductance employing a grounded capacitor depending on the passive element selection. Simulation results using 0.35 μ m TSMC CMOS technology parameters are given. Erkan Yuce was born in 1969 in Nigde, Turkey. He received the B.Sc. from Middle East Technical University and M.Sc. degrees from Pamukkale University in 1994 and 1998 respectively. He is a Ph.D. student at Bogazici University all in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He is currently Research Assistant at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bogazici University. His current research interests include analog circuits, active filters, synthetic inductors, and current-mode circuits. He is the author or co-author of about 10 papers published in scientific journals or conference proceedings. Oguzhan Cicekoglu was born in 1963 in Istanbul, Turkey. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Bogazici University and the Ph.D. degree from Istanbul Technical University all in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 1985, 1988 and 1996 respectively. He served as lecturer at the School of Advanced Vocational Studies Electronics Prog. of Bogazici University where he held various administrative positions between 1993 and 1999, and as part time lecturer at various institutions. He was with Biomedical Engineering Institute between 1999 and 2001. He is currently Associate Professor at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bogazici University. His current research interests include analog circuits, active filters, analog signal processing applications and current-mode circuits. He is the author or co-author of about 150 papers published in scientific journals or conference proceedings. Oguzhan Cicekoglu is a member of the IEEE. Shahram Minaei received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 1993. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 1997 and 2001, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of Dogus University in Istanbul, Turkey. He has more than 50 journal or conference papers in scientific review. He served as reviewer for a number of international journals and conferences. His current field of research concerns current-mode circuits and analog signal processing. Shahram Minaei is a member of the IEEE.