In this paper we present a sensor, which is designed for application in a tonometer, an instrument for the measurement of intraocular pressure. The sensor measures diameter and position of a part of the eye globe that is flattened by the tonometer. The sensor principle is based on a change in resistance of four resistor arrays due to contact with a metallized foil, which flattens a part of the ...

In this paper presents two microsensors structures compatible with microelectronic technologies that are analyzed for application in radiometers. The first structure is formed by one resistor that is made by doping a monocrystalline silicon substrate with boron. The second is a polysilicon resistor doped with phosphorous, over a silicon dioxide (SiO2). The analysis is made by mathematical model...

A simple relaxation oscillator is designed by directly coupling a RC timing network to a passive S-shaped current-controlled nonlinear resistor and is then modified for chaos. The resulting chaotic oscillator inherits the main features of the relaxation oscillator, which are its low-power consumption and low-voltage operation from single or dual power supplies. These features are attributed to ...

A high-linearity and high-speed current-mode sampleand-hold circuit is designed and simulated using a 0.25μm CMOS technology. This circuit design is based on low voltage and it utilizes a fully differential circuit. Due to the use of only two switches the switch related noise has been reduced. Signal dependent -error is completely eliminated by a new zero voltage switching technique. The circui...

We present an alternative view of Feynman diagrams for the field theory of random resistor networks, in which the diagrams are interpreted as being resistor networks themselves. This simplifies the field theory considerably as we demonstrate by calculating the fractal dimension D(B) of the percolation backbone to three loop order. Using renormalization group methods we obtain D(B)=2+epsilon/21-...

A highly linear programmable-gain amplifier (PGA) is fabricated using a 0.35m CMOS technology. High linearity and constant wide bandwidth are achieved by using a high-gain amplifier with low input impedance and resistor-network feedback. The voltage gain is varied by digitally controlling the input switched resistors. The distortion of a switched resistor has been analyzed using the Volterra se...

Field-oriented control can be implemented using position sensors such as encoders, resolvers or Hall sensors. However, not all motor control applications require such granularity given by a resolver or encoder; and, in many cases, they do not require control at zero speed. These applications are a perfect target for using sensorless techniques in which the motor position can be estimated using ...

A high-linearity and high-speed current-mode sampleand-hold circuit is designed and simulated using a 0.25μm CMOS technology. This circuit design is based on low voltage and it utilizes a fully differential circuit. Due to the use of only two switches the switch related noise has been reduced. Signal dependent -error is completely eliminated by a new zero voltage switching technique. The circui...

A new strategy for the layout of integrated resistors that minimizes yield loss due to random sheet resistance variations for a given area in ratio-critical applications is introduced. The strategy is based upon the optimal partitioning of area between the resistors that must be ratio-matched and on the practical realization of the partitioned resistors with unit resistor cells. This strategy p...

This paper presents a design of the transimpedance amplifier using 0.35μm CMOS technology. In the proposed transimpedance amplifier, feedback resistor RF of conventional transimpedance amplifier has been replaced by NMOS transistor as an active feedback resistor. This circuit operates at 3.3V power supply voltage and for a photocurrent of 0.5μA.The proposed transimpedance amplifier having low n...