The paper deals with a new 12-bit low power switched-capacitor (SC) ADC for portable applications, such PDA, notebook etc. The paper describes design of ADC and its behavioural modelling regarding low power consumption. The Op-Amp sharing technique and capacitor scaling approach are utilized to obtain it. The basic block topology design is outlined too. The cancellation techniques to avoid the ...

In this paper we present multiple antenna transmitter optimization (i.e., spatial pre-filtering) schemes that are based on linear transformations and transmit power optimization (keeping average transmit power conserved). We consider the downlink of a wireless system with multiple transmit antennas at the base station and a number of mobile terminals (i.e., users) each with a single receive ant...

A semi-circle looped vertically omnidirectional radiation (VOR) patterned tag antenna for UHF (919-923 MHz for Malaysia) frequency is designed to overcome the impedance mismatch issue in this paper. Two impedance matching feeding strips are used in the antenna structure to tune the input impedance of the antenna. Two dipole shaped meandered lines are used to achieve a VOR pattern. The proposed ...

The paper describes a case study of new 12-bit low power switched-capacitor (SC) ADC for portable applications. The paper is focused on block design of ADC and its behavioural modelling regarding low power consumption. It is reached by Op-Amp sharing technique utilisation. The basic block topology design is outlined too. The cancellation techniques for avoiding of capacitor mismatch, clock feed...

This paper presents a method for the onchip measurement and correction of gain errors, offsets and non-linearities of a Track-and-Hold circuit (T&H) of an ADC. Open-loop T&H circuits will be considered in this paper because of their high-speed and low-power capabilities. However, these open-loop circuits require calibration for the aforementioned errors in order to achieve a high accuracy, espe...

Co-firing biomass plants are of extensive demand due to utilization of both agricultural residues (main) and natural gas (stand-by). Researchers have shown that one strategic decision in establishment of agricultural residues based plants, is location optimization problem. Moreover, mismatch between agricultural lands and biomass plants can lead to high transportation costs and related carbon d...