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Synthesis Of Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch, Paul Hasler, Chris Diorio Jul 2012

Synthesis Of Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch, Paul Hasler, Chris Diorio

Bradley Minch

We describe two systematic procedures for synthesizing multiple-input translinear element (MITE) networks that produce an output current that is equal to product of a number of input currents, each of which is raised to an arbitrary rational power. By using the first procedure, we obtain a MITE network, called a two-layer network, that is relatively insensitive to mismatch in the MITE weight values. By using the second procedure, we arrive at a MITE network, called a cascade network, that reduces the fan-in required of each MITE. We illustrate each ofthese procedures with an example.


Synthesis Of Dynamic Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch Jul 2012

Synthesis Of Dynamic Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch

Bradley Minch

In this paper, the author discusses an approach to the synthesis of dynamic translinear circuits built from multiple-input translation elements (MITEs). In this method, we realize separately the basic static nonlinearities and dynamic signal-processing functions that when cascaded together, form the system that one wishes to construct. The circuit is then simplified systematically through local transformations that do not alter the behavior of the system. The author illustrates the method by synthesizing a simple nonlinear dynamical system, an RMS-DC converter.


Synthesis Of A Translinear Analog Adaptive Filter, Eric Mcdonald, Bradley Minch Jul 2012

Synthesis Of A Translinear Analog Adaptive Filter, Eric Mcdonald, Bradley Minch

Bradley Minch

In this paper, we present a methodology for synthesizing analog systems using a class of circuits called dynamic translinear circuits. We illustrate this method by synthesizing part of a Least-Mean-Squares (LMS) adaptation algorithm used in an analog adaptive filter. We present preliminary experimental results from a chip fabricated ina 0.5-μm double-poly CMOS process.


Construction And Transformation Of Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch Jul 2012

Construction And Transformation Of Multiple-Input Translinear Element Networks, Bradley Minch

Bradley Minch

We present a simple algorithmic procedure for constructing a multiple-input translinear element (MITE) network from a translinear-loop equation. We also give a number of MITE-network transformations that alter the structure of the MITE network without altering the translinear-loop equation that it embodies. The results that we establish in this paper serve as foundations for the synthesis of both static and dynamic MITE networks from high-level specifications.