The VLSI implementation of a GIC switched capacitor filter
By: Mickey Joe D. Wilbur
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Description: In this research, the design and VLSI implementation of a digitally programmable active analog filter, based on      the Generalized Immittance Converter (GIC) circuit, are presented. The programmable features include the filter      type (bandpass, high pass, low pass or notch), the center or cut off frequency, and the quality factor. Switched      capacitor networks are used to implement resistances. The design was first simulated and then implemented on      a wire wrap board and tested. The circuit was then modeled and re-simulated using the Cadence Design Tools      software package. Once the modeled circuit passes all design rule checks the final chip design was then      submitted for fabrication. This research project will help provide a knowledge base for using Cadence software      for VLSI CMOS design. Once the chip has been fabricated and tested it will provide a base for further      development of stray insensitive VLSI design of analog circuits.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Sherif N. Michael.

"March 1998."--Cover.

Thesis (M.S. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142).

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US Navy (USN) author.

dk/dk cc:9116 9/1/98.