Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks

Synthesis of multiple-input translinear element networks

We describe two systematic procedures for synthesizing mutlipleinput translinear element (MITE) networks that produce an output current that is equal to product of a number of input currents, each of which is raised to an arbitrary rational power. By using the first procedure, we obtain a MITE network, called a two-layer network, that is relatively insensitive to mismatch in the MITE weight val...

The Multiple-input Translinear Element: a Versatile Circuit Element

We define the multiple-input translinear element (MITE), a versatile circuit primitive from which we can construct lowvoltage translinear circuits and log-domain filters. A K-input MITE produces an output current that is exponential in a weighted sum of its K input voltages. We briefly discuss six MITE implementations and show experimental data from two of these six that we have fabricated in a...

Methods for Synthesis of Multiple-input Translinear Element Networks

Analysis and Synthesis of Static Translinear Circuits

This report describes the class of static translinear circuits, which are capable of accurately implementing a wide range of static nonlinear relationships in the current signal domain, such as products, quotients, fixed power-law relationships, vector magnitude, and rational functions. After a brief historical account of the emergence of the class of translinear circuits, we examine the repres...

The translinear Principle: a General Framework for Implementing Chaotic oscillators

In this Letter, we propose a class of nonlinear dynamic translinear circuits as a viable tool for the rapid and systematic implementation of chaotic oscillators in analog integrated circuits. In this regard, our primary focus is on multiple-input translinear element (MITE) networks and their particular merits. We also describe, as an illustrative example, our monolithic implementation of the Lo...