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
直流电压互感器(direct circuit voltage transformers,DCVTs)的低压输出模拟信号采用电缆传输时既无电气隔离同时易受电磁干扰,因此提出了采用光纤高线性度传输模拟信号的方案。利用双光源-光电探测器分别构成传输通道和闭环负反馈通道...直流电压互感器(direct circuit voltage transformers,DCVTs)的低压输出模拟信号采用电缆传输时既无电气隔离同时易受电磁干扰,因此提出了采用光纤高线性度传输模拟信号的方案。利用双光源-光电探测器分别构成传输通道和闭环负反馈通道,负反馈通道的光电探测器变换电流反馈至输入端对电光-光电传输系数非线性进行抑制,通过控制系统模型分析了非线性抑制控制策略和非线性抑制效果,分析了模拟信号光纤传输系统的电路设计关键要素。对模拟信号光纤传输系统进行开环传输和闭环反馈传输非线性特性对比测试,结果表明,通过闭环负反馈的传输方案将模拟信号光纤传输非线性误差从百分之几提高到了±0.05%以内。最后将模拟信号光纤传输系统应用到DCVT中进行了线性度测试,试验结果表明:模拟信号光纤传输系统能很好地适用于直流配电网中模拟信号电气隔离和消除电磁干扰的应用需求。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.
文摘直流电压互感器(direct circuit voltage transformers,DCVTs)的低压输出模拟信号采用电缆传输时既无电气隔离同时易受电磁干扰,因此提出了采用光纤高线性度传输模拟信号的方案。利用双光源-光电探测器分别构成传输通道和闭环负反馈通道,负反馈通道的光电探测器变换电流反馈至输入端对电光-光电传输系数非线性进行抑制,通过控制系统模型分析了非线性抑制控制策略和非线性抑制效果,分析了模拟信号光纤传输系统的电路设计关键要素。对模拟信号光纤传输系统进行开环传输和闭环反馈传输非线性特性对比测试,结果表明,通过闭环负反馈的传输方案将模拟信号光纤传输非线性误差从百分之几提高到了±0.05%以内。最后将模拟信号光纤传输系统应用到DCVT中进行了线性度测试,试验结果表明:模拟信号光纤传输系统能很好地适用于直流配电网中模拟信号电气隔离和消除电磁干扰的应用需求。
