A vMOS Soft-Maximum Current Mirror
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Bradley A. Minch, Chris Diorio, Paul Hasler, Carver Mead Computation and Neural Systems California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 91125 (818) 395-6996 [email protected] ABSTRACT In this paper, we describe a novel circuit consisting of N + 1 MOS transistors and a single oating gate which computes a soft maximumof N current inputs and re ects the result in the output transistor. An intuitive description of the operation of the circuit is given. Data from a working two-input version of the circuit is presented and discussed. The circuit features a high output voltage swing and an interesting feedback mechanism which causes its output impedance to be comparable to that of a normal MOS transistor despite the fact that the output device is a oating-gate transistor.
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A vMOS Soft-Maximum Current Mirror - Circuits and Systems, 1995. ISCAS '95., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on
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