Current Mode Maximum and Minimum Circuit

Abstract:

A new current mode circuit which can maintain the maximum output and minimum output at the same time is presented in this paper. The design technique is achieved by the combination of trans linear loop, winner take all (WTA) circuit and loser take all (LTA) circuit. Therefore, the proposed circuit can be more practical than conventional circuits and can be easily designed in 0.5 μm CMOS technology for CSMC. Analysis and simulations of WTA and LTA circuit have been shown to display the usability of the proposed circuit, where the input frequency range is around 10 MHz. The proposed circuit can also play a neuron role in artificial neural network (ANN) implemented in the form of an integrated circuit.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 577)
• Pages: 478-481
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.577.478
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Han Wang*, Yi Cheng Zeng, Zhi Jun Li
• Keywords: Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Integrated Circuit, Loser Take All (LTA), Winner take All (WTA)

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