High-Speed and High-Precision Current Winner-Take-All Circuit

Alexander Fish; Vadim Milrud; Orly Yadid-Pecht

doi:10.1109/TCSII.2004.842062

High-Speed and High-Precision Current Winner-Take-All Circuit

Alexander Fish, Vadim Milrud, Orly Yadid-Pecht

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Abstract

A CMOS high-performance current-mode winner-take-all circuit is presented. The circuit employs a novel technique for inhibitory and excitatory feedbacks based on input currents average computation, achieving both high speed and high precision. The circuit is designed for operation with a wide range of input current values, allowing its integration with circuits operating both in subthreshold and in strong inversion regions. Two circuits, each for a different range of input currents, have been implemented in a standard 0.35 -μm CMOS process available through MOSIS and are operated via a 3.3-V supply. Their operation is discussed, simulation results are reported and preliminary measurements from a test chip are presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	131-135
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Volume	52
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2004.842062
State	Published - 5 Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Analog circuits
CMOS analog integrated circuits
analog integrated circuits
neural networks
winner take all (WTA)

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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