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204 articles for “Circuit analysis”
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Unified Mathematical Framework for Semiconductor Devices, Junction Dynamics, and Circuit Analysis
Abstract: Semiconductor devices form the fundamental building blocks of modern electronic and integrated circuit systems, where their electrical behavior is governed by coupled carrier transport, electrostatic, and circuit-level phenomena. This work presents a unified mathematical framework for modeling semiconductor devices, junction dynamics, and their interaction with electronic circuits. The formulation integrates fundamental semiconductor relations, carrier concentration, drift–diffusion transport, Poisson’s equation, continuity equations, PN-junction behavior, diode characteristics, bipolar junction transistor operation, and …
Published in Journal of Semiconductor Devices and Circuits · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2026 · pp. 37–47 Read article
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Novel Technique for the Analysis of Electronic Circuits Including Zener Diodes
Abstract: This paper addresses the analysis of electronic circuits including Zener diodes. It starts with a modified Zener diode model, which is based on expressions involving step-functions, its parameters such as the resistances in both current directions as well as its breakdown (or Zener) voltage. In contrast to the earlier approaches expressing the sharp discontinuities characterizing the step-functions in terms of inverse hyperbolic tangent terms, this paper adopts more concise and …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 31–41 Read article
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Transient Analysis of Electronic Circuits Including Zener Diodes
Abstract: This paper addresses the transient analysis of the electronic circuits incorporating Zener diodes. It starts with suggesting a new Zener diode model. The model is based on efficiently utilized step functions of the applied voltage. It includes also the diode’s main technical parameters such as its resistances in both the forward and reverse current directions as well as its Zener’s breakdown voltage. The sharp discontinuities of the step-functions are dealt …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 11, Issue 3, 2021 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Analysis of Six-Pulse Bridge Circuits Including Zener and Semiconductor Diodes Part One
Abstract: This paper addresses the analysis of electronic bridge circuits including Zener and/or semiconductor diodes. The analysis is based on recently suggested models for these diodes. A compact Mathematica code written in the Versions 7.0, 11.3 and 12.2 simulating a six-pulse rectifier bridge circuit is then derived and mathematically implemented. It investigates the time-domain transient and steady-state analysis of several representative case studies. In principle, the computer simulation can yield the …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2022 · pp. 14–22 Read article
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Analysis of Six-Pulse Bridge Circuits Including Zener and Semiconductor Diodes – Part Two
Abstract: The present study offers a generic method for simulating and modelling six-pulse rectifier bridge circuits in the time domain. These circuits can include Zener and/or semi-conductor type diodes or even a mixture of them. The governing system of simultaneous algebraic and differential equations are listed and solved numerically using a computer code written in Mathematica. The flexibly written program can handle voltage sources of any time waveform, frequency or internal …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 12, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 13–21 Read article
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Comparative Analysis of Combinational Circuit Using Reversible Logic Based Techniques
Abstract: In the last few decades, due to the ever growing demand for portable and small sized devices, integrated circuits require electronic circuit design methods to implement integrated circuits with low power consumption. The ever-growing number of transistors integrated on a chip and the increasing transistor switching speed in recent decades has enabled great performance improvement in computer systems by several orders of magnitude. Adiabatic logic technique is one of the …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2018 · pp. 30–33 Read article
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3D Simulation of Multi-Gate Mosfet Analysis for Analog Circuit Design Parameters
Abstract: Chip density and performance improvements of semiconductor devices have been driven by their aggressive scaling. The performance of multi-gate FET for analog applications is explored in this paper. Analog operation of CMOS devices and its parameters are very important for future cutting edge technologies. The multi-gate technology shows excellent scalability and better immunity to short channel effects in MOSFETs. They are being easily assessed for CMOS applications beyond the 45 …
Published in Journal of Semiconductor Devices and Circuits · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 1–8 Read article
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Analysis of VLSI Circuits Designed with Single and Dual Channel Strained Silicon MOSFETs in Nanoregime
Abstract: In this paper, performance of the VLSI circuits designed with strained silicon MOSFETs is analysed andcompared with bulk MOSFET. Emphasis is being given on the evaluation of speed, power and noisecharacteristics. An inverter circuit designed with single channel and dual channel biaxial strained MOSFETsof 40 nm channel length and 0.3 germanium mole-fraction is being taken to evaluate the performance throughsimulation. The device design and circuit simulation is done in Sentaurus …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 1, Issue 1-2-3, 2011 · pp. 15–20 Read article
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Analysis and Characterization of Circuits for Leakage Power Reduction at Sub-50 nm in CMOS Circuits
Abstract: This paper analyzes various techniques to decrease leakage power in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) very large scale integration (VLSI) circuits, because due to continuous scaling of CMOS technology there is improvement in speed of semiconductor devices and the side effect of this scaling is leakage power. With the development of technology in CMOS VLSI Circuit, length of transistors has been reduced and speed of operation is increasing simultaneously. As …
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 13, Issue 2, 2022 · pp. 11–22 Read article
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The Analysis of Bridge Rectifier Circuits using Mathematica
Abstract: This paper addresses the steady-state and transient analysis of bridge rectifiers. It starts withsuggesting an efficient representation of the diodes. A single equation that describes thediode’s performance in both the forward and reverse directions is presented. It implicitlytakes the voltage polarity into account. Without any loss of generality, the suggested method isapplied to the classical uncontrolled four-valve full-wave rectifier bridge configureuration.The effect of the load resistance and the eventual presence …
Published in Trends in Electrical Engineering · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 30–42 Read article
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Performance Analysis of Schmitt Trigger Circuit for Noise-Free Chips
Abstract: At lower nodes of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology, noise within a chip increase due to a drastic increment in interconnects within a given area. To improve the noise immunity of a chip, a Schmitt trigger circuit is used as a buffer instead of a simple CMOS inverter at various intervals along the metal interconnect. The use of a Schmitt trigger circuit not only makes the chip noise immune but …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2024 · pp. 11–20 Read article
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Delay Analysis for VLSI Interconnect’s Circuits
Abstract: This research work has been comprised of three parts. The first part deals with the implementation and estimation for the delay of an inverter and study of the influence of the delay variations with the increased size of the inverter. In this modern era of VLSI integrated circuits, interconnect’s delay majorly influences the device delay. The second phase of the work emphasizes on the realization of the interconnect delay and …
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2015 · pp. 25–32 Read article
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True Random Number Generators Using A Postprocessor, Jitter Metastability, Tree-based Interleaver & Low-power CMOS inverter Circuit prototype technology: An Efficient Analysis
Abstract: TRNGs (True Random Number Generators) are cryptographic primitives that generate random numbers for critical operations. The goal of this study is to create a TRNG using a ring oscillator, analyse different calibration generating ways using VHDL spice simulation, and investigate the TRNG's essential design features, such as area, entropy, and power/energy consumption, using suggested and published methods. Random ones and zeros are produced using RO jitter and DCM frequency fluctuations. …
Published in Journal of Microcontroller Engineering and Applications · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2023 · pp. 66–76 Read article
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Design and Analysis of Bootstrap Sample and Hold Circuit
Abstract: This paper describes the design and implementation of open-loop sample and hold-circuit using bootstrap technique, which can be used as front end sampling circuit for high-speed analog-to-digital converters. Different design criteria, viz., speed, power, resolution, linearity, noise and harmonic analysis have been dealt with. Both theoretical analysis and simulation results are carried out. The bootstrap circuit is designed and then compared in a 0.18 and 0.35 μm CMOS process. It …
Published in Journal of Electronic Design Technology · Vol. 5, Issue 3, 2014 · pp. 7–14 Read article
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Harmonic Analysis of 6-Pulse Diode Bridge Rectifier Circuits
Abstract: This paper analyzes the steady-state harmonic performance of the six-diode, 3-phase rectifier bridge circuits. A procedure for determining the frequency spectra of the different voltages and currents within the bridge circuit, resulting from a 60-Hz 3-phase supply, is presented. The effect of the smoothing shunt-capacitor is also demonstrated. Based on a Mathematica code, the paper presents the results of a comprehensive list of case studies. The procedure can handle unsymmetrical …
Published in Journal of Power Electronics and Power Systems · Vol. 10, Issue 2, 2020 · pp. 1–10 Read article
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Harmonic Analysis of Full-Wave Diode Bridge Rectifier Circuits
Abstract: This paper analyzes the steady-state harmonic performance of four-diode, single-phase full-wave rectifier bridge circuits. The frequency spectra of the source and load currents are presented. The effect of the load resistance, the source inductance, the smoothing shunt- capacitor as well as the waveform of the supply voltage is illustrated. The approach can also handle cases involving non-sinusoidal sources and non-linear loads. Based on a Mathematica code, the paper presents the …
Published in Trends in Electrical Engineering · Vol. 10, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 7–21 Read article
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Design and Analysis of Low-Power CMOS Inverter Chains for High-Speed Digital Circuits
Abstract: This report briefly explains the design process, structure, and evaluation of a CMOS inverter designed using a 45 nm technology process with a focus on its propagation delay and power consumption. Moreover, the CMOS inverter design will be created using the Cadence Virtuoso design environment, along with a post-layout analysis of the design. Performance evaluation of the designed circuit will be carried out through the execution of a transient analysis …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology · Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2026 · pp. 40–57 Read article
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Designing and Analysis of a Negative Bias Temperature Instability Sensing Circuit
Abstract: Scale down the size of devices introduce the effect of negative bias temperature instability (NBTI), positive bias temperature instability (PBTI), and hot carrier injection (HCI) in very-large-scale integration (VLSI) chip design and the major concern is to minimize these effects to a nominal value. In the paper, authors focus in minimization of NBTI effect and develop a noble degradation monitoring sensor circuit named SCHIMOS. A comparison is stated between an …
Published in Research & Reviews: A Journal of Embedded System & Applications · Vol. 8, Issue 1, 2020 · pp. 6–11 Read article
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Hidden Buck Chopper Circuits Topology in a Switch Controlled Singe Phase Rectifier, Size and Cost Analysis
Abstract: This paper shows hidden buck chopper circuits topology in a single phase switch controlled full wave rectifier. Justification of this realization yields the opportunity to use the single circuit structure for both AC to DC and DC to DC conversion processes. Generally, two diodes out of four diodes are replaced by two switches to offer voltage gain and input power factor regulation in a single phase full wave rectifier. Such …
Published in Journal of Power Electronics and Power Systems · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 17–28 Read article
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Comparative Analysis of CMOS CNFET and Memristor Based Full Adder Circuits and CMOS Memristor Based Multiplexer Circuits
Abstract: Continued developments in microelectronics technology have led to a myriad of new compute- intensive applications at the micro-edge, such as artificial intelligence and signal and image processing. Multiplication is a crucial arithmetic process in such applications. However, large logic complexities typically seen in traditional multipliers generate combinatorial blocks with long chains of cascaded carry addition. As such, energy efficiency has remained a primary design challenge for these applications, when powered …
Published in Journal of VLSI Design Tools and Technology Read article