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The 23rd International Technical Conference on Circuits/Systems, Computers and Communications

Session H7  Power Electronics & Circuits 2
Time: 13:00 - 14:12 Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Location: 8F 805 Room
Chairs: Tadashi Suetsugu (Fukuoka University, Japan), Chiranut Sa-ngiamsak (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)

H7-1 (Time: 13:00 - 13:18)
TitleA Micropower CMOS Preamplifier for Cochlear Implant System
Author*Apiradee Yodtean, Apinunt Thanachayanont (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand)
Pagepp. 997 - 1000
Keyword Low power CMOS
AbstractThis paper proposes a CMOS low-power low-voltage microphone preamplifier for a cochlear implant system. The proposed preamplifier using the Flipped Voltage Follower Current Sensing (FVFCS) technique to achieve low voltage, low power consumption. The proposed circuit was designed and simulated using a 0.35 μm CMOS process. Simulation results showed that the preamplifier can achieve 22-dB voltage gain while dissipating only 5.2 μW from 1.4-V power supply voltage.

H7-3 (Time: 13:18 - 13:36)
TitleAnalysis of the Radiation Noise and Efficiency Characteristics in a Quasi-resonant Converter
Author*Hironobu Shiroyama (Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd., Japan), Hirofumi Matsuo, Yoichi Ishizuka (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nagasaki University, Japan)
Pagepp. 1001 - 1004
Keywordquasi-resonant converter, zero voltage switching, efficiency, radiation noise
AbstractIn this paper, the radiation noise and efficiency of the quasi-resonant converter are analyzed. A quasi-resonant converter using the flyback topology can realize the soft switching with simpler circuit. The performance characteristics such as the efficiency and radiation noise are analyzed on the quasi-resonant converter with the ZVS and the non-ZVS. As a result, it is clarified that the low radiation noise and high power efficiency are achieved with the non-ZVS.

H7-4 (Time: 13:36 - 13:54)
TitleVoltage Reference Circuitry Operating in Weak Inversion Region with Reduced Fluctuations of Supply Voltage and Ambient Temperature for LTPS TFT
Author*Yoshikazu Ishii, Yasoji Suzuki, Takafumi Satoh (Tokai University, Japan), Shigeki Imai (SHARP Corporation, Japan)
Pagepp. 1005 - 1008
Keywordvoltage reference circuit, LTPS TFT, kink effects
AbstractIn this paper, a modified voltage reference circuitry using LTPS TFT is proposed. The new modified voltage reference circuitry is unaffected by fluctuations of the power supply voltage and the ambient temperature due to the utilization of enhancement-depletion (E-D) reference circuit and the operation in the weak inversion region for generation of a stable reference voltage. To verify the performance of the new modified circuitry, the circuit simulation is carried out by using SPICE. As a result of the simulation, the supply voltage dependability (SVD) and the temperature coefficient (TC) achieves to values of 0.08967 [%/V] and 0.00203[%/°C], respectively, when the ambient temperature (Ta) is +25 °C and the supply voltage (VDD) is +8V. In brief, these characterisitcs of the new modified circuitry are improved comparing with that of the conventional circuit.

H7-5 (Time: 13:54 - 14:12)
TitleAn Emission Control Driver Using P-type TFTs for AMOLED Displays
Author*Bo-Yong Chung, Oh-Kyong Kwon (Hanyang University, Republic of Korea), Yojiro Matsueda, Hye-Dong Kim (Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Republic of Korea)
Pagepp. 1009 - 1012
KeywordP-TFT, AMOLED, emission control driver, low power consumption, motion blur
AbstractWe designed an emission control driver using P-type TFTs to adjust the light emission period of an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays. The P-TFT emission control driver has achieved rail-to-rail driving and low power consumption. Using this circuit, we can control peak brightness dynamically to reduce panel power consumption and motion blur. We developed 4.3 inch WQVGA AMOLED panel with the integrated proposed circuit. The output rising and falling times of P-TFT emission control driver measured on panel are 300 ns and 1.2 μs, respectively. The power consumption of the emission control driver with 272 stages is 0.2 W according to the measurement data.