The voltage biased SQUID Bootstrap Circuit (SBC) was recently demonstrated for direct readout of SQUID signals. The SBC combines currentand voltage-feedbacks in one circuit to suppress the preamplifier noise. It offers not only a good noise performance, but also wide tolerance of SQUID parameters. Using SBC gradiometer, the bio-magnetic signals were successfully measured. In this paper, we over...

This paper proposes a high frequency ring oscillator with low power consumption. The proposed ring oscillator is based on Gated Ring Oscillator (GRO) by applying boot strap technique. Simulation results indicate that the FoM (Power Consumption /Oscillation Frequency) of the proposed ring oscillator is greater than that of the conventional ring oscillator. Figure 1 shows delay element using boot...

In this paper we demonstrate the operation of a dynamic serial-to-parallel shift register, with only four transistors per stage. A bootstrap capacitor is used to overcome the problem of transistor threshold voltage drop. We will refer to this new logic family as non-ratioed bootstrap logic (NRBL). Simulation results are presented showing the operation of the shift register along with Monte Carl...

Linear behaviour of bootstrap switches is of critical importance in low-voltage analogue circuits and understanding the major factors affecting the linearity helps design a better switch. This study presents a theoretical approach for evaluating the distortion of bootstrap switches in the frequency domain based on the Volterra series. Five major factors affecting the linearity of the bootstrap ...