Paper Info
Title
Time-mode circuits for analog computation
Abstract
We introduce time-mode circuits, a set of basic circuit building blocks for analog computation using a temporal step function representation for the inputs and outputs. These novel time-mode circuits are low power, provide good noise performance and offer improved dynamic range. The design, IC implementation and detailed theoretical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) analysis of a prototype time-mode circuit—a weighted average computation circuit—are discussed. This new way of computation is studied with respect to existing conventional voltage-mode and current-mode circuits. Two possible applications of these time-mode circuits are presented: an edge detection circuit for 16 pixels and a 3-tap FIR filter that provides an SNR of 64 dB. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1002/cta.v37:5
I. J. Circuit Theory and Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
current-mode circuit,weighted average computation circuit,basic circuit building block,time-mode circuit,prototype time-mode circuit,edge detection circuit,ic implementation,novel time-mode circuit,3-tap fir filter,analog computation,analog circuits
Analogue electronics,Analog device,Dynamic range,Computer science,Edge detection,Electronic engineering,Mixed-signal integrated circuit,Finite impulse response,Electronic circuit,Computation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
37
5
0098-9886
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.66
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vishnu Ravinuthula1192.51
Vaibhav Garg2969.58
John G. Harris341375.11
José Fortes441826.68