Analog field programmable CMOS current conveyor

We propose a simplified analog design cycle to generate reconfigurable and accurate prototype of several analog ICs. On applying the design cycle a comprehensive design methodology is being developed that make designs customizable and adaptable by a field user. The basic design of a second generation current controlled current conveyor is first analyzed to estimate the basic circuit configuration to verify its basic functionality. Secondly using its small signal equivalent model, ac and dc characteristics are being derived in terms of threshold voltage of transistors, present in the circuit. Indeed, with the help of floating gate transistors, which has a feature of post fabrication programmability of its threshold voltage, an accurate and reconfigurable prototype of the design can be obtained. The circuit is simulated using BSIM3 level49 MOSFET models in T-Spice 0.35μm CMOS process. Various Characteristics of CCCII are being derived and estimated their sensitivity with respect to threshold voltage of respective floating-gate transistors. The simulated results demonstrate that by programming threshold voltages, fine tuning of circuit specifications with wide spectrum can be achieved. The designs fabricated using our methodology can be adaptive to any desired value of specification with very high precision (about 13bit programming precision can attain with floating gate transistor). It can also make Analog ICs immune to most drawbacks like processes variations, device degradation by introducing new possibilities such as self correction and adaptability.