Johan H. Huijsing - Böcker

This volume of "Analog Circuit Design" concentrates on three topics: low-noise, low-power, low-voltage; mixed-mode design with CAD tools; and voltage, current and time references. The book contains six papers on each topic, written by internationally recognized experts. The papers are tutorial in nature and aim to make a contribution to improving the design of analogue circuits. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, "Low-Noise, Low-Power, Low-Voltage", concentrates on the problems of the matching properties of high frequency MOS circuits caused by the continuous reduction in the size of integrated devices. These problems are considered in the light of maintaining the benefits of greater bandwidth and lower power consumption. Part 2, "Mixed Mode Design with CAD Tools", looks at the practicalities of providing CAD tools for circuits containing both digital and analogue elements. The papers consider both the simulation and synthesis aspects of designing CAD tools suitable for such designs. Part 3, "Voltage, Current and Time References", contains much new material describing all aspects of these reference circuits.This book is intended as a reference source for analogue design engineers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest developments in the field. The tutorial nature of the contributions also makes it suitable for use in an advanced course.

This book presents innovative solutions in the design of precision instrumentation amplifier and read-out ICs, which can be used to boost millivolt-level signals transmitted by modern sensors, to levels compatible with the input ranges of typical Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs).  The discussion includes the theory, design and realization of interface electronics for bridge transducers and thermocouples. It describes the use of power efficient techniques to mitigate low frequency errors, resulting in interface electronics with high accuracy, low noise and low drift. Since this book is mainly about techniques for eliminating low frequency errors, it describes the nature of these errors and the associated dynamic offset cancellation techniques used to mitigate them.

This book presents innovative solutions in the design of precision instrumentation amplifier and read-out ICs, which can be used to boost millivolt-level signals transmitted by modern sensors, to levels compatible with the input ranges of typical Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs).  The discussion includes the theory, design and realization of interface electronics for bridge transducers and thermocouples. It describes the use of power efficient techniques to mitigate low frequency errors, resulting in interface electronics with high accuracy, low noise and low drift. Since this book is mainly about techniques for eliminating low frequency errors, it describes the nature of these errors and the associated dynamic offset cancellation techniques used to mitigate them.

This book describes the concept and design of the capacitively-coupled chopper technique, which can be used in precision analog amplifiers. Readers will learn to design power-efficient amplifiers employing this technique, which can be powered by regular low supply voltage such as 2V and possibly having a +/-100V input common-mode voltage input. The authors provide both basic design concepts and detailed design examples, which cover the area of both operational and instrumentation amplifiers for multiple applications, particularly in power management and biomedical circuit designs.