The drive towards shorter design cycles for analog integrated circuits has given impetus to the development of Field Programmable Analog Arrays(FPAAs),which are the analogue counterparts of Field Programmable Gate Arr...The drive towards shorter design cycles for analog integrated circuits has given impetus to the development of Field Programmable Analog Arrays(FPAAs),which are the analogue counterparts of Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs).In this paper,we present a new design methodology which using FPAA as a powerful analog front-end processing platform in the smart sensory microsystem.The proposed FPAA contains 16 homogeneous mixed-grained Configurable Analog Blocks(CABs) which house a variety of processing elements especially the proposed fine-grained Core Configurable Amplifiers(CCAs).The high flexible CABs allow the FPAA operating in both continuous-time and discrete-time approaches suitable to support variety of sensors.To reduce the nonideal parasitic effects and save area,the fat-tree interconnection network is adopted in this FPAA.The functionality of this FPAA is demonstrated through embedding of voltage and capacitive sensor signal readout circuits and a configurable band pass filter.The minimal detectable voltage and capacitor achieves 38 uV and 8.3 aF respectively within 100 Hz sensor bandwidth.The power consumption comparison of CCA in three applications shows that the FPAA has high power efficiency.And the simulation results also show that the FPAA has good tolerance with wide PVT variations.展开更多
针对无线传感器网络自身的可靠性和维护问题,提出了一种基于FPAA(field programmable analog arrays)的自修复智能无线传感器节点的实现方法。该方法以FPAA为核心构成传感器的主要信号调理电路,节点设计有硬件故障自诊断功能,在节点部...针对无线传感器网络自身的可靠性和维护问题,提出了一种基于FPAA(field programmable analog arrays)的自修复智能无线传感器节点的实现方法。该方法以FPAA为核心构成传感器的主要信号调理电路,节点设计有硬件故障自诊断功能,在节点部分硬件模块发生故障的情况下,可修复相应故障,确保节点在无人职守及野外应用时的可靠性,避免节点的直接丢弃。重点介绍了自修复节点的实现方法、软硬件研发并对节点进行了自修复实验研究,分析了自修复节点的功耗及可工作时间,节点能够在2节具有1 700 mAh的AA电池的供电下工作半年时间。展开更多
This paper presents a novel field-programmable analog array （FPAA） architecture featuring a dual mode including discrete-time （DT） and continuous-time （CT） operation modes, along with a highly routable connectio...This paper presents a novel field-programmable analog array （FPAA） architecture featuring a dual mode including discrete-time （DT） and continuous-time （CT） operation modes, along with a highly routable connection boxes （CBs） based interconnection lattice. The dual mode circuit for the FPAA is capable of achieving targeted op- timal performance in different applications. The architecture utilizes routing switches in a CB not only for the signal interconnection purpose but also for control of the electrical charge transfer required in switched-capacitor circuits. This way, the performance of the circuit in either mode shall not be hampered with adding of programmability. The proposed FPAA is designed and implemented in a 0.18 μm standard CMOS process with a 3.3 V supply voltage. The result from post-layout simulation shows that a maximum bandwidth of 265 MHz through the interconnection network is achieved. The measured results from demonstrated examples show that the maximum signal bandwidth of up to 2 MHz in CT mode is obtained with the spurious free dynamic range of 54 dB, while the signal processing precision in DT mode reaches 96.4%.展开更多
基金Supported by the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams,National High Technology Research and Develop Program of China(2012AA012301)National Science and Technology Major Project of China(2013ZX03006004)
文摘The drive towards shorter design cycles for analog integrated circuits has given impetus to the development of Field Programmable Analog Arrays(FPAAs),which are the analogue counterparts of Field Programmable Gate Arrays(FPGAs).In this paper,we present a new design methodology which using FPAA as a powerful analog front-end processing platform in the smart sensory microsystem.The proposed FPAA contains 16 homogeneous mixed-grained Configurable Analog Blocks(CABs) which house a variety of processing elements especially the proposed fine-grained Core Configurable Amplifiers(CCAs).The high flexible CABs allow the FPAA operating in both continuous-time and discrete-time approaches suitable to support variety of sensors.To reduce the nonideal parasitic effects and save area,the fat-tree interconnection network is adopted in this FPAA.The functionality of this FPAA is demonstrated through embedding of voltage and capacitive sensor signal readout circuits and a configurable band pass filter.The minimal detectable voltage and capacitor achieves 38 uV and 8.3 aF respectively within 100 Hz sensor bandwidth.The power consumption comparison of CCA in three applications shows that the FPAA has high power efficiency.And the simulation results also show that the FPAA has good tolerance with wide PVT variations.
基金Project supported by the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams and the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(No.2012AA012301)
文摘This paper presents a novel field-programmable analog array （FPAA） architecture featuring a dual mode including discrete-time （DT） and continuous-time （CT） operation modes, along with a highly routable connection boxes （CBs） based interconnection lattice. The dual mode circuit for the FPAA is capable of achieving targeted op- timal performance in different applications. The architecture utilizes routing switches in a CB not only for the signal interconnection purpose but also for control of the electrical charge transfer required in switched-capacitor circuits. This way, the performance of the circuit in either mode shall not be hampered with adding of programmability. The proposed FPAA is designed and implemented in a 0.18 μm standard CMOS process with a 3.3 V supply voltage. The result from post-layout simulation shows that a maximum bandwidth of 265 MHz through the interconnection network is achieved. The measured results from demonstrated examples show that the maximum signal bandwidth of up to 2 MHz in CT mode is obtained with the spurious free dynamic range of 54 dB, while the signal processing precision in DT mode reaches 96.4%.
