Title
A Fully Electronically Controllable Schmitt Trigger And Duty Cycle-Modulated Waveform Generator
Abstract
The paper introduces a new Schmitt trigger consisting of only one multiple-output current inverting differential input transconductance amplifier with no passive element. The proposed circuit is simple and usable up to 100MHz with the advantage of electronically controlled threshold levels and amplitude of the output. The circuit is also little sensitive to temperature and benefits from low power dissipation (0.5mW). The amplitude of the output current is tunable electronically from 5nA to 500A, which is a wide tunable range. The effects of transistors mismatch on proposed Schmitt trigger have also been explored. The utility of the proposed circuit is further justified through its application as a triangular/square wave generator, with a maximum frequency of 75MHz. Duty cycle modulation through electronic means is also shown for the generator circuit, where duty cycle results for 80, 20, and 95% have been included, by varying external control current. The cadence VIRTUOSO simulation results by using generic process design kit 90-nm technology are shown to confirm the proposed theory. The proposed circuits are also verified through experimental results by using commercial integrated circuits: AD844 and LM13700. All the simulated and experimental results promise potential applications of the proposed circuits in instrumentation and communication systems. Copyright (c) 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1002/cta.2307
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CIRCUIT THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Schmitt trigger, triangular, square wave generator, sawtooth wave generator, CIDITA
Control theory,Schmitt trigger,Duty cycle,Operational transconductance amplifier,Signal generator,Electronic engineering,Transistor,Electronic circuit,Electrical engineering,Integrated circuit,Mathematics,LM13700
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
45
12
0098-9886
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.43
13
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Atul Kumar1163.49
Bhartendu Chaturvedi2295.08
Sudhanshu Maheshwari313222.48