A low distortion low-voltage BiCMOS OTA with wide gm adjustment range and constant input range is presented. It is based on a highly linear voltage-to-current converter input stage merged with translinear loops that implement linear electronically programmable current mirrors. Experimental results are provided that confirm the characteristics of the proposed OTA with a single 1.7V supply, 1.2V ...

This paper presents a technique allowing the test of ADC harmonic distortions with only low-cost ATE. Contrary to a classical DSP-based test that requires an arbitrary wave generator (AWG) on the ATE with a resolution at least 2 bit higher than the ADC under test, the proposed solution permits to test ADCs using same resolution AWG. The method involves an initial learning phase in which the cha...

Deregulation of the electric power industry is making power quality a topic of increasing importance. Suitable corrective actions for the reduction of total harmonic distortion introduced into the distribution network by industrial loads are more necessary than ever. For the design of these corrective actions simulation has been proved to be a very useful tool. In this paper, the simulation of ...

This paper presents a new current mode (CM) single-input and multi-output (SIMO)-type biquad using two multiple output OTAs and one current follower as an active device and having two grounded capacitors. This SIMO type circuit realizes all the five filter functions as low pass, band pass, high pass, band reject and all pass filter transfer functions simultaneously. This circuit has the unity g...

This paper presents the simulation and implementation of multilevel inverter fed induction motor drive. The output harmonic content is reduced by using multilevel inverter. In symmetrical circuit, the voltage and power increase with the increase in the number of levels of inverter. The switching angle for the pulse is selected in such way to reduce the harmonic distortion. This drive system has...

Grid-interactive power converters are normally synchronized to the grid using phase-locked loops (PLLs). The performance of the PLLs is affected by the non-ideal conditions in the sensed grid voltage such as harmonics, frequency deviations and dc offsets in single-phase systems. In this paper, a single-phase PLL is presented to mitigate the effects of these non-idealities. This PLL is based on ...

A new passive 28-step current shaper for three-phase rectification is proposed in this paper. With a phase-shifting transformer on the ac side and six interphase transformers on the dc side, per-phase input current can be shaped into a 28-step sinusoidal waveform. The total harmonic distortion of ac input currents obtained is 6.54%, lower than one-half of that in a conventional 12-pulse convert...