A Precision Pseudo Resistor Bias Scheme for the Design of Very Large Time Constant Filters

作者：Puddu Roberto^*; Carboni Caterina; Bisoni Lorenzo; Barabino Gianluca; Pani Danilo; Raffo Luigi; Barbaro Massimo

来源：IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS, 2017, 64(7): 762-766.

DOI：10.1109/TCSII.2016.2603533

• Neural recording
• process variations
• pseudo resistor (PR)
• very low frequency filter

In this brief, a novel pseudo resistor bias scheme capable of achieving improved performances against process parameter variations is presented. The use of a matched structure allows for achieving a simulated statistical variation sigma/mu one order of magnitude better than conventional bias schemes proposed in the literature. The entire circuit was designed to be able to emulate a tunable resistor whose resistance could be digitally set in the range of 400 M Omega-90 G Omega. The design of a very low frequency bandpass filter (BPF) for biopotential recording was also covered as a suitable application. The tunability offered by the bias scheme was employed, in this case, to realize a high-pass cutoff frequency variable in the range of 10 Hz-2 kHz. An integrated circuit including eight acquisition channels, each of which is composed of the designed BPF and a conventional 10-bit analog-to-digital converter, was finally realized in a CMOS 0.35-mu m process. The chip was successfully tested showing a measured sigma/mu variation of the high-pass cutoff frequency equal to 0.13 when different channels on the same die are considered.

• 出版日期2017-7