Abstract:
Integrated device (100) comprising a plurality of conducting layers (115a-115c), each having a first (120ga-120gc) and a second (120va-120vc) power supply contact for providing, respectively, a first and a second binary value, and means for supplying at least one identification bit of a version of the integrated device (100); the integrated device (100) includes, for each identification bit, parity check means (135abi, 135bci) having a plurality of input terminals whose number is equal to the number of conducting layers (115a-115c), and an output terminal, each input terminal being connected to one contact selected from the first (120ga-120gc) and the second (120va-120vc) power supply contacts of a corresponding one of the conducting layers (115a-115c), and the output terminal supplying the corresponding identification bit.
Abstract:
A transconductor comprising a differential stage composed of a pair of input transistors, a resistive line of degeneration convecting the sources of the input transistors of said differential stage, a pair of bias current generators, each coupled between the source of a respective input transistor and a common ground node, has said resistive line of degeneration composed of one or more transistors in series, the gate of which is coupled to a voltage at least equal to the common mode voltage of the differential stage, and which are sized to operate in the triode region.
Abstract:
A transconductor comprising a differential stage composed of a pair of input transistors, a resistive line of degeneration convecting the sources of the input transistors of said differential stage, a pair of bias current generators, each coupled between the source of a respective input transistor and a common ground node, has said resistive line of degeneration composed of one or more transistors in series, the gate of which is coupled to a voltage at least equal to the common mode voltage of the differential stage, and which are sized to operate in the triode region.
Abstract:
A high-speed digital accumulator with wide dynamic range, the particularity whereof is the fact that it comprises a first adder stage (15), in which an input addend (X) is added to a value of a least significant part (11) of an accumulator at the preceding clock period, and at least one second stage, which comprises incrementer/decrementer means (18) suitable to perform an increment, decrement or identity operation on a most significant part of the accumulator, the incrementer/decrementer means further comprising logic means suitable to trigger an increment, a decrement or an identity of the most significant part on the basis of a decision made on results obtained at the previous clock period.