We present a new technique of injecting clocks optically onto CMOS chips without the use of a receiver amplifier. We discuss the benefits of such a direct approach and present proof-ofprinciple experiments of the technique. We analytically compare a receiver-less optical clock distribution and an electrical clock distribution in a fan-out-of-four clock tree to evaluate the timing and power bene...

The optoelectronic sensor OPT101 have merits in advanced optoelectronic response characteristics at wavelength range for medical near-infrared spectroscopy and small-size chip design with build-in trans-impedance amplifier. Our lab is devoted to developing a series of portable near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) devices embedded with OPT101 for applications in intensive care unit clinics, based o...

The general utility of the operational amplifier is derived from the fact that it is intended for use in a feedback loop whose feedback properties determine the feed-forward characteristics of the amplifier and loop combination. To suit it for this usage, the ideal operational amplifier would have infinite input impedance, zero output impedance, infinite gain and an open-loop 3 dB point at infi...

The design procedure of low-sensitivity second-and third-order class-4 Sallen and Key active resistance-capacitance (RC) allpole filters, using impedance tapering, has already been published. There a ladder structure in the positive feedback loop of an operational amplifier was used. In this paper desensitization using impedance tapering is applied to class-3 circuits with negative feedback ref...

Impedance matching is an essential part of antenna design. The input impedance of an antenna needs to be reasonably close to the amplifier impedance (e.g. 50 Ohm), otherwise the signal is reflected back to the amplifier and not radiated by the antenna. In many applications matching circuits consisting of discrete inductors and capacitors, or transmission lines are used to improve the impedance ...

We present the first results from HPSoC ASIC designed for readout of Ultra-fast Silicon Detectors. The 4-channel manufactured in 65 nm CMOS by TSMC has been optimized 50 um thick AC-LGAD. evaluation analog front end with \b{eta}-particles impinging on 3x3 AC-LGAD arrays (500 pitch, 200x200 um2 metal) confirms a fast output rise time 600 ps and good timing performance jitter 45 ps. Further calib...

In several reports issued previously, a theoretical analysis has been given for the steady-state operation of a vacuum-tube power amplifier with a complex load impedance* This theoretical work was checked experimentally with amplifiers operating in the steady state at low power levels. One application of an amplifier which sometimes must operate with a complex load impedance is in naval sonar e...

This paper presents two schemes of high performance CMOS current mirror, one of them is used for operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) in analog VLSI systems. The linearity, output impedance, bandwidth and accuracy are the most parameters to determine the performance of the current mirror. Here a comparison of two architectures based on same architecture of the amplifier is presented. Th...

For realizing a single chip microwave front-end, we studied the new design theory of impedance matching circuits for a Si-CMOS low noise amplifier (LNA) or power amplifier (PA), which are composed of coplanar waveguide (CPW) meanderline resonators and impedance inverters. We also present the simulated performances of CMOS-LNA or PA connected with input and output matching circuits. Finally, we ...