A 3.2Gb/s clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit for a high-speed serial link without the reference clock is described. The CDR has a phase and frequency detector (PD and FD), which incorporates a half-rate bang-bang type oversampling PD and a half-rate frequency detector that can achieve low-jitter operation and improve pull-in range. The PD of oversamping method finds a phase error by generati...

Non-volatile resistive memories, such as phase-change RAM (PRAM) and spin transfer torque RAM (STT-RAM), have emerged as promising candidates because of their fast read access, high storage density, and very low standby power. Unfortunately, in scaled technologies, high storage density comes at a price of lower reliability. In this article, we first study in detail the causes of errors for PRAM...

There are three different loop detectors used to detect present and absent vehicles.’ One of them is known as self-tuning detector. This type of detector utilizes both pavement loops as part of a parallel resonant tank circuit and a closed-loop feedback circuit. It automatically adjusts a voltage-tuned oscillator to a predetermined frequency relative to the resonant frequency of the tank.’ A ch...

Under modern interrogation, famously well-studied neural circuits such as that for orientation tuning in V1 are steadily giving up their secrets, but quite basic questions about connectivity and dynamics, including whether most computation is done by lateral processing or by selective feedforward summation, remain unresolved. We show here that grid cells o↵er a particularly rich opportunity for...

Solving a system of linear simultaneous equations representing an electrical circuit is one of the most time consuming tasks for large scale circuit simulations. In order to facilitate a multiprocessor implementation of the circuit simulation program SPICE, a decomposit ion algorithm is employed to partition the sparse matrix equution qf an overall circuit into a number of sub-circuit equations...

The paper presents a current conveyor based multifunction filter. The proposed circuit can be realized as low pass, high pass, band pass and elliptical notch filter. The circuit employs two balanced output current conveyors, four resistors and two grounded capacitors, ideal for integration. It has only one output terminal and the number of input terminals may be used. Further, there is no requi...

A high voltage RF oscillator circuit has been designed and constructed for driving multipole ion guides. The circuit is tunable from 500 kHz to 1.5 MHz by changing a capacitor and provides 0-1000 V(p-p) that is controlled by a 0-10 V input using a negative feedback circuit. This inexpensive circuit uses a set of high voltage transistors oscillating in tandem and does not require tuning of the r...

The paper presents a current tunable multifunction filter using current conveyor. The proposed circuit can be realized as on chip tunable low pass, high pass, band pass and elliptical notch filter. The circuit employs two current conveyors, one OTA, four resistors and two grounded capacitors, ideal for integration. It has only one output terminal and the number of input terminals may be used. F...

Sensory systems present environmental information to central nervous system as sequences of action potentials or spikes. How do animals recognize these sequences carrying information about their world? We present a biologically inspired neural circuit designed to enable spike pattern recognition. This circuit is capable of training itself on a given interspike interval (ISI) sequence and is the...

We propose an analog current-mode subthreshold CMOS circuit implementing a piecewise linear neuromorphic oscillator. Our circuit was derived from a piecewise linear oscillator model proposed by Matsuoka, well known as a building block for constructing a robot locomotion controller. We modified Matsuoka’s oscillator to be suitable for analog current-mode integrated circuit implementation, and de...