Current-Mode VLSI Analog Filters Design and Applications

Current-mode design is of great interest to high-tech analog designers who are principally concerned with designing whole systems on a chip. This work focuses on the theory and methods of many important current-mode circuit design techniques making it a comprehensive technical overview that fills a gap in the current literature. The purpose of the book is to compile all available information in the area of OTA-C filters, current conveyor and CFOA-based filters, switched-current filters, and log-domain filters into one complete reference volume. Practical applications of current-mode design techniques for realizing practical VLSI systems such as disk drive read-channel ICs and video filters are covered in detail. The necessary prerequisites for this book are a first course in active RC filters and digital signal processing; although not mandatory, some knowledge of switched-capacitor filters may be helpful. Features: * First exhaustive text covering various design techniques for realizing current-mode analog filters * Presents several designs for OTAs and current conveyors in technologies such as bipolar, CMOS and BiCMOS * Covers recent advances of switched-current filters * Includes many practical applications of current-mode design techniques * Suitable as a graduate-level textbook or self-study resource Electrical engineers, computer engineers, and graduate students interested in analog VLSI design will find the book a thorough state-of-the-art treatment of the subject. Analog circuit designers will find the book an essential resource on the topic.