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Jose Silva-Martinez

Bio: Jose Silva-Martinez is an academic researcher from Texas A&M University. The author has contributed to research in topics: CMOS & Amplifier. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 282 publications receiving 7387 citations. Previous affiliations of Jose Silva-Martinez include Katholieke Universiteit Leuven & Texas A&M University System.


Papers
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a solution to the present bulky external capacitor low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators with an external capacitorless LDO architecture, where the large external capacitor used in typical LDOs is removed allowing for greater power system integration for system-on-chip (SoC) applications.
Abstract: This paper proposes a solution to the present bulky external capacitor low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators with an external capacitorless LDO architecture. The large external capacitor used in typical LDOs is removed allowing for greater power system integration for system-on-chip (SoC) applications. A compensation scheme is presented that provides both a fast transient response and full range alternating current (AC) stability from 0- to 50-mA load current even if the output load is as high as 100 pF. The 2.8-V capacitorless LDO voltage regulator with a power supply of 3 V was fabricated in a commercial 0.35-mum CMOS technology, consuming only 65 muA of ground current with a dropout voltage of 200 mV. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed capacitorless LDO architecture overcomes the typical load transient and ac stability issues encountered in previous architectures.

484 citations

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01 Feb 2000
TL;DR: In this article, an updated version of a 1985 tutorial paper on active filters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) is presented, and the integrated circuit issues involved in active filters (using CMOS transconductances amplifiers) and the progress in this field in the last 15 years is addressed.
Abstract: An updated version of a 1985 tutorial paper on active filters using operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) is presented. The integrated circuit issues involved in active filters (using CMOS transconductance amplifiers) and the progress in this field in the last 15 years is addressed. CMOS transconductance amplifiers, nonlinearised and linearised, as well as frequency limitations and dynamic range considerations are reviewed. OTA-C filter architectures, current-mode filters, and other potential applications of transconductance amplifiers are discussed.

343 citations

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TL;DR: A recycling amplifier architecture based on the folded cascode transconductance amplifier is described, which delivers an appreciably enhanced performance over that of the conventional folded by using previously idle devices in the signal path, which results in an enhanced transc conductance, gain, and slew rate.
Abstract: A recycling amplifier architecture based on the folded cascode transconductance amplifier is described. The proposed amplifier delivers an appreciably enhanced performance over that of the conventional folded. This is achieved by using previously idle devices in the signal path, which results in an enhanced transconductance, gain, and slew rate. Moreover, the input referred noise and offset analyses are included to demonstrate that the proposed modifications have no adverse effects on these design metrics. Transistor-level simulations and experimental results in TSMC 0.18 mum CMOS process confirm the theoretical results. When compared to the conventional folded cascode, and for the same area and power budgets, the proposed amplifier has almost twice the bandwidth (134.2 MHz versus 70.7 MHz) and better than twice the slew rate (94.1 V/mus versus 42.1 V/mus) while driving the same 5.6 pF load. Also a gain enhancement of 7.6 dB is observed.

333 citations

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TL;DR: A stable low dropout (LDO) voltage regulator topology for low equivalent series resistance (ESR) capacitive loads is presented and it is demonstrated that this scheme realizes robust frequency compensation, facilitates the use of multilayer ceramic capacitors for the load of LDO regulators, and improves transient response and noise performance.
Abstract: A stable low dropout (LDO) voltage regulator topology for low equivalent series resistance (ESR) capacitive loads is presented. The proposed scheme generates a zero internally instead of relying on the zero generated by the load capacitor and its ESR combination for stability. It is demonstrated that this scheme realizes robust frequency compensation, facilitates the use of multilayer ceramic capacitors for the load of LDO regulators, and improves transient response and noise performance. Test results from a prototype fabricated in AMI 0.5-/spl mu/m CMOS technology provide the most important parameters of the regulator viz., ground current, load regulation, line regulation, output noise, and start-up time.

257 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a multistage operational transconductance amplifier with a feedforward compensation scheme which does not use Miller capacitors is introduced, which uses the positive phase shift of left-halfplane (LHP) zeros caused by the feedforward path to cancel the negative phase shifting of poles to achieve a good phase margin.
Abstract: A multistage operational transconductance amplifier with a feedforward compensation scheme which does not use Miller capacitors is introduced. The compensation scheme uses the positive phase shift of left-half-plane (LHP) zeroes caused by the feedforward path to cancel the negative phase shift of poles to achieve a good phase margin. A two-stage path increases further the low frequency gain while a feedforward single-stage amplifier makes the circuit faster. The amplifier bandwidth is not compromised by the absence of the traditional pole-splitting effect of Miller compensation, resulting in a high-gain wideband amplifier. The capacitors of a capacitive amplifier using the proposed techniques can be varied more than a decade without significant settling time degradation. Experimental results for a prototype fabricated in an AMI 0.5-/spl mu/m CMOS process show DC gain of around 90 dB and a 1% settling time of 15 ns for a load capacitor of 12 pF. The power supply used is /spl plusmn/1.25 V.

235 citations


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TL;DR: The design of analog cmos integrated circuits is universally compatible with any devices to read and is available in the book collection an online access to it is set as public so you can download it instantly.
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912 citations

01 Jul 1976
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590 citations

Book
01 Jul 2006
TL;DR: This book is a comprehensive guide to new DFT methods that will show the readers how to design a testable and quality product, drive down test cost, improve product quality and yield, and speed up time-to-market and time- to-volume.

522 citations

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TL;DR: The fundamental principles of the low-IF receiver topology are introduced by applying the complex signal technique-a technique used in digital applications to the study of analog receiver front ends and its performance can be better.
Abstract: When it comes to integratability, the zero-intermediate frequency (IF) receiver is an alternative for the heterodyne or IF receiver. In recent years, the zero-IF receiver has been introduced in several applications, but its performance cannot be compared to that of the IF receiver yet. This lower performance is closely related to its baseband operation, resulting in filter saturation and distortion, both caused by DC-offsets and self-mixing at the inputs of the mixers. The low-IF receiver has a topology which is closely related to the zero-IF receiver, but it does not operate in the baseband, only near the baseband. The consequences are that, as for the zero-IF receiver, the implementation of a low-IF receiver can be done with a high degree of integration, however, its performance can be better. In this paper, the fundamental principles of the low-IF receiver topology are introduced. Different low-IF receiver topologies are synthesized and fully analyzed in this paper. This is done by applying the complex signal technique-a technique used in digital applications to the study of analog receiver front ends.

519 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors presented a method for calibrating the dc offset while preserving the dc information and capturing the motion-related signal with maximum resolution, which resulted in a significant improvement in heart rate measurement accuracy over quadrature channel selection with a standard deviation of less than 1 beat/min
Abstract: Direct-conversion microwave Doppler radar can be used to detect cardiopulmonary activity at a distance. One challenge for such detection in single channel receivers is demodulation sensitivity to target position, which can be overcome by using a quadrature receiver. This paper presents a mathematical analysis and experimental results demonstrating the effectiveness of arctangent demodulation in quadrature receivers. A particular challenge in this technique is the presence of dc offset resulting from receiver imperfections and clutter reflections, in addition to dc information related to target position and associated phase. These dc components can be large compared to the ac motion-related signal, and thus, cannot simply be included in digitization without adversely affecting resolution. Presented here is a method for calibrating the dc offset while preserving the dc information and capturing the motion-related signal with maximum resolution. Experimental results demonstrate that arctangent demodulation with dc offset compensation results in a significant improvement in heart rate measurement accuracy over quadrature channel selection, with a standard deviation of less than 1 beat/min

509 citations