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The flipped voltage follower: a useful cell for low-voltage low-power circuit design
Jaime Ramirez-Angulo,Ramon G. Carvajal,Antonio Torralba,Juan Antonio Gómez Galán,A.P. Vega-Leal,J. Tombs +5 more
- Vol. 3, pp 615-618
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In this article, a new basic cell for low power and/or lowvoltage operation is identified, which is called flipped voltage follower (FVF) and it is shown that different versions of this cell, called FVF, have been used in the past for different applications.Abstract:
In this paper a new basic cell for low-power and/or low-voltage operation is identified. It is shown that different versions of this cell, called "flipped voltage follower", have been used in the past for different applications. New circuits using this cell are also proposed here.read more
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The flipped voltage follower: a useful cell for low-voltage low-power circuit design
Ramon G. Carvajal,Jaime Ramirez-Angulo,Antonio J. Lopez-Martin,Antonio Torralba,Juan Antonio Gómez Galán,Alfonso Carlosena,Fernando Muñoz Chavero +6 more
TL;DR: A design example showing the application of the FVF to build systems based on translinear loops is described which shows the potential of this cell for the design of high-performance low-power/low-voltage analog and mixed-signal circuits.
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Low-Voltage Super class AB CMOS OTA cells with very high slew rate and power efficiency
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple technique to achieve lowvoltage power-efficient class AB operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs) is presented, which is based on the combination of class AB differential input stages and local commonmode feedback (LCMFB) which provides additional dynamic current boosting, increased gain-bandwidth product (GBW), and near-optimal current efficiency.
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TL;DR: An 8-channel closed-loop neural-prosthetic SoC is presented for real-time intracranial EEG (iEEG) acquisition, seizure detection, and electrical stimulation in order to suppress epileptic seizures.
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A Configurable and Low-Power Mixed Signal SoC for Portable ECG Monitoring Applications
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TL;DR: This paper describes a mixed-signal ECG System-on-Chip (SoC) that is capable of implementing configurable functionality with low-power consumption for portable ECG monitoring applications and can be reduced significantly.
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Development of Single-Transistor-Control LDO Based on Flipped Voltage Follower for SoC
TL;DR: It is proven experimentally that the STC low-drop-out provides stable voltage regulation at a variety of output-capacitor/ESR conditions and is also stable in no output capacitor condition.
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