© 2009 Apinunt Thanachayanont et al. 243 ABSTRACT⎯A novel ultra-low-power readout circuit for a pH-sensitive ion-sensitive field-effect transistor (ISFET) is proposed. It uses an ISFET/reference FET (REFET) differential pair operating in weak-inversion and a simple current-mode metal-oxide semiconductor FET (MOSFET) translinear circuit. Simulation results verify that the circuit operates with e...

An architecture for a time interpolation circuit with an rms error of 25 ps has been developed in a 0.7m CMOS technology. It is based on a delay locked loop (DLL) driven by a 160-MHz reference clock and a passive RC delay line controlled by an autocalibration circuit. Start-up calibration of the RC delay line is performed using code density tests (CDT). The very small temperature/voltage depend...

We present the structure of an analog integrated circuit design laboratory to instruct at both, senior undergraduate and entry graduate levels. The teaching material includes: a laboratory manual with analog circuit design theory, pre-laboratory exercises and circuit design specifications; a reference web page with step by step instructions and examples; the use of mathematical tools for automa...

This paper proposes a definition of magnetic vector potential that can be used to evaluate sparse partial inductance matrices. Unlike the commonly applied procedure of discarding the smallest matrix terms, the proposed approach maintains accuracy at middle and high frequencies and is guaranteed to be positive definite for any degree of sparsity (thereby producing stable circuit solutions). Whil...

In this work, we report a novel design of a passively controlled, finger-driven microfluidic circuit for the metering and delivery (MaD) of a liquid reagent. The proposed design modularized the fluidic circuit for a single reagent's MaD so that it can be multiplexed conveniently for the MaD of an arbitrary number of reagents solely by finger pressing. The microdevice has comparable accuracy wit...

Abstmct-The crucial role played by tbe man-computer dialogue in computer-aided circuit design, and particularly witbin an interactive graphic medium, is demonstrated by reference to a working circuit design facility implemented on a minicomputer. The detailed nature of this facility and the techniques illustrated are related to the circuit design process and the behavio@ characteristics of the ...

A CMOS sub-circuit that is able to improve data communication is described. It removes jitter and hence improves the eye diagram of high-speed digital data signal. The circuit is based on a delay-locked loop and uses a half-frequency reference clock. The prototype circuit is fabricated in 2.5 V, 0.25-μm CMOS and occupies an area of only 270 x 50 μm. It is demonstrated that at 900 Mbit/s NRZ dat...

The helium dilution technique for the measurement of functional residual capacity (FRC) is reviewed with special reference to anaesthesia. A modification is described which permits measurements to be made during intermittent positive pressure ventilation. This modification causes minimal interference with the circuit as it is used for spontaneous respiration. The measuring circuit may be altern...

-We present the first experimental results of the effects of 63MeV proton irradiation on SiGe HBT analog and RF circuits and passive elements. A SiGe HBT bandgap reference circuit, commonly used to generate stable on-chip voltages in analog IC’s, a SiGe HBT voltage controlled oscillator, an key building block for RF transceivers, and an LC bandpass filter routinely used in RF circuit design, we...

Various cascode circuits are investigated with regard to their suitability for switched current copier applications. Generalized circuit representations are introduced and different cascode circuits are compared and discussed. A method called “reference voltage and current tracking” for dynamic output range improvement is proposed. An improved regulated cascode circuit with extended dynamic out...