Approximation techniques are useful for implementing pattern recognizers, communication decoders and sensory processing algorithms where computational precision is not critical to achieve the desired system level perf...Approximation techniques are useful for implementing pattern recognizers, communication decoders and sensory processing algorithms where computational precision is not critical to achieve the desired system level performance. In our previous work, we had proposed margin propagation (MP) as an efficient piece-wise linear (PWL) approximation technique to a log-sum-exp function and had demonstrated its advantages for implementing probabilistic decoders. In this paper, we present a systematic and a generalized approach for synthesizing analog piecewise-linear (PWL) computing circuits using the MP principle. MP circuits use only addition, subtraction and threshold operations and hence can be implemented using universal conservation principles like the Kirchoff's current law. Thus, unlike the conventional translinear CMOS current-mode circuits, the operation of the MP circuits are functionally similar in weak, moderate and strong inversion regimes of the MOS transistor making the design approach bias-scalable. This paper presents measured results from MP circuits prototyped in a 0.5μm standard CMOS process verifying the bias-scalable property. As an example, we apply the synthesis approach towards designing linear classifiers and verify its performance using measured results.展开更多
长脉宽工作模式引起的雷达系统功率大范围波动对供电系统稳定性造成影响。首先建立阵面发射单元的数学模型,根据脉冲负载的平均功率供电模式特点,提出了电流裕度的概念。采用状态空间分段方法,分析了供电系统的电压和电流变化规律,推导...长脉宽工作模式引起的雷达系统功率大范围波动对供电系统稳定性造成影响。首先建立阵面发射单元的数学模型,根据脉冲负载的平均功率供电模式特点,提出了电流裕度的概念。采用状态空间分段方法,分析了供电系统的电压和电流变化规律,推导出长脉宽工作模式下系统功率波动函数及其简化形式。然后,提出峰峰值与平均功率比PAPR(peak-peak to average power ratio),用以定量分析功率波动程度,根据该指标,分析了影响系统功率波动的影响因素,得到了功率波动与影响因素之间的关系。最后通过实例分析,验证了所提出的结论,为长脉宽工作模式下雷达电源系统设计奠定了理论基础,具有良好的工程应用价值。展开更多
基金Supported by a Research Grant from The National Science Foundation(CCF:0728996)
文摘Approximation techniques are useful for implementing pattern recognizers, communication decoders and sensory processing algorithms where computational precision is not critical to achieve the desired system level performance. In our previous work, we had proposed margin propagation (MP) as an efficient piece-wise linear (PWL) approximation technique to a log-sum-exp function and had demonstrated its advantages for implementing probabilistic decoders. In this paper, we present a systematic and a generalized approach for synthesizing analog piecewise-linear (PWL) computing circuits using the MP principle. MP circuits use only addition, subtraction and threshold operations and hence can be implemented using universal conservation principles like the Kirchoff's current law. Thus, unlike the conventional translinear CMOS current-mode circuits, the operation of the MP circuits are functionally similar in weak, moderate and strong inversion regimes of the MOS transistor making the design approach bias-scalable. This paper presents measured results from MP circuits prototyped in a 0.5μm standard CMOS process verifying the bias-scalable property. As an example, we apply the synthesis approach towards designing linear classifiers and verify its performance using measured results.
文摘长脉宽工作模式引起的雷达系统功率大范围波动对供电系统稳定性造成影响。首先建立阵面发射单元的数学模型,根据脉冲负载的平均功率供电模式特点,提出了电流裕度的概念。采用状态空间分段方法,分析了供电系统的电压和电流变化规律,推导出长脉宽工作模式下系统功率波动函数及其简化形式。然后,提出峰峰值与平均功率比PAPR(peak-peak to average power ratio),用以定量分析功率波动程度,根据该指标,分析了影响系统功率波动的影响因素,得到了功率波动与影响因素之间的关系。最后通过实例分析,验证了所提出的结论,为长脉宽工作模式下雷达电源系统设计奠定了理论基础,具有良好的工程应用价值。
