This paper presents a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) circuit in CMOS technology for integration into an energy harvesting solution, comprising a solid-state thinfilm lithium battery fabricated in the back-side of a plastic solar-cell. The MPPT CMOS circuit is required in the energy transfer process from the solar cell to the battery. The MPPT circuit was designed in the 0.7 μm CMOS process...

In this paper, the reason for the relatively high distortion level of conventional class-D audio amplifiers is discussed. It is pointed out that the classical approach is insufficient for high performance applications. Therefore the importance of the matching between modulation and demodulation is demonstrated by simulation. 1. THE CLASS-D-AUDIO AMPLIFIER The concept of class-D amplifiers was i...

This is an effort to simulate the concept of treatment of different types of Thyroidism after determining the TSH, T3 and T4 levels in the human body. The target is to determine the effective dose of Thyroxine to be provided to the patient so that normal level of the same can be maintained in the human body. It interacts with every organ system and plays a crucial role in metabolism [1], but th...

Topics 1. Main analog components for receivers-amplifiers-filters-mixers-oscillators 2. Receiver architectures and their properties-superheterodyne principle-direct conversion-DC offsets as a challenging problem-low IF, Weaver-effects of I/Q imbalance 3. Non-idealities and performance meatrics of the analog front-end modules-sensitivity, dynamic range-noise figure-intermodulation distortion, IP...

This paper presents a chopper instrumentation amplifier for interfacing precision thermistor bridges. For high CMRR and DC gain, the amplifier employs a three-stage current-feedback topology with nested-Miller compensation. By chopping both the input and intermediate stages of the amplifier, a 1 mHz noise corner was achieved at an input-referred noise power spectral density (PSD) of 15 nV/ Hz. ...

Abslrad : Some practical methods --r implementing the sliding-mode control law to control the buck-type converters are introduced. The control equations are derived from the basic slidmg-mode control law to accommodate the conventional fiied-frequency pwm control method. As a result, the overall feedback control systems can be expressed under a form similar to state-feedback control where the v...

The DC open-loop voltage Gain is a very important specification for amplifiers. In order to increase this specification, in this paper, we have proposed an improved folded cascode gain boosted amplifier (improved FCGBA) which has extremely large DC open-loop voltage gain. Compared to traditional FCGBA, this novel structure needs only one auxiliary amplifier, so it is energy saving. Finally, wit...

In the context of ultra-low-power and ultra-low-voltage operational transconductance amplifiers (OTAs), there is the inconvenience of low unity-gain frequency and DC gain. In this paper, we presented a 0.5-V improved ultra-low-power OTA using the transistors operate in weak inversion. The proposed topology based on a bulk-driven input differential pair employed an under-weak-inversion gain-stag...