Sub- μW Tow-Thomas Based Biquad Filter with Improved Gain for Biomedical Applications

Póvoa, R.; Arya, R.; Canelas, A.; Passos, F.; Martins, R.; Lourenço, N.; Horta, N.

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This paper presents an innovative topology of a gm-C Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA), with improved gain and energy-efficiency and its corresponding implementation inside a second order Tow-Thomas based filter configuration, for biomedical and healthcare applications. The proposed OTA architecture takes advantage of a current division technique, as well as the usage of a pair of cross-coupled voltage-combiners in replacement of the static current source that traditionally bias the differential pair. The circuitry proposed in this paper is described at analytical level, fully-designed at sizing level and validated at simulation level compounded by Monte Carlo results, using a standard 130 nm technology node. Both the OTA and the biquad filter architecture are compared, in terms of performance indexes, with state-of-the-art bibliography, where the potential of both is demonstrated. The designed filter operates at weak inversion and sub-threshold, being supplied by a 0.9 V source, achieving a cut-off frequency of 15 Hz, a gain of 7 dB, hence improving the input-referred noise and consuming nearly 0.55 μW.

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gm-C OTA Biquad Tow-Thomas Biomedical Energy-efficiency

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/57723

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Póvoa, R., Arya, R., Canelas, A., Passos, F., Martins, R., Lourenço, N., & Horta, N. (2020). Sub-μW Tow-Thomas based biquad filter with improved gain for biomedical applications. Microelectronics Journal, 95, 104675.