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Field programmable analog arrays for implementation of generalized nth-order operational transconductance amplifier-C elliptic filters

  • Diab, Maha S. (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah) ;
  • Mahmoud, Soliman A. (Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah)
  • Received : 2020.03.20
  • Accepted : 2020.07.02
  • Published : 2020.08.18
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Abstract

This study presents a new architecture for a field programmable analog array (FPAA) for use in low-frequency applications, and a generalized circuit realization method for the implementation of nth-order elliptic filters. The proposed designs of both the FPAA and elliptic filters are based on the operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) used in implementing OTA-C filters for biopotential signal processing. The proposed FPAA architecture has a flexible, expandable structure with direct connections between configurable analog blocks (CABs) that eliminates the use of switches. The generalized elliptic filter circuit realization provides a simplified, direct synthetic method for an OTA-C symmetric balanced structure for even/odd-nth-order low-pass filters (LPFs) and notch filters with minimum number of components, using grounded capacitors. The filters are mapped on the FPAA, and both architectures are validated with simulations in LTspice using 90-nm complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Both proposed FPAA and filters generalized synthetic method achieve simple, flexible, low-power designs for implementation of biopotential signal processing systems.

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