В работе представлены результатыисследования метода, который позволяет увеличить полосу частот электрически малой антенны с помощью “нефостеровской цепи”на основе операционного усилителя. Были получены графики, которые позволяют оценить входное реактивное сопротивление и полосу частот электрически малой антенны с представленным методом расширения полосы частот. / The paper presents the results of a study of the method, which makes it possible to increase the frequency band of an electrically small antenna by means of a "Non-foster circuit"with operational amplifier. The graphs were obtain, which allow estimating the input reactance and the bandwidth of an electrically small antenna with the method of bandwidth extension represented.

Rail à rail entrée - sortie, classe AB, faible consommation sont autant de critères que le concepteur d'amplificateur opérationnel (AOP) intègre pour réaliser une cellule analogique performante. Pour un AOP standard, l'accent n'est pas porté sur une caractéristique particulière mais sur l’ensemble de celle-ci. Dans le but d'augmenter le nombre de fonction par circuit intégré, la tension d'alimentation des AOPs ainsi que leur consommation en courant tendent à diminuer. L'objectif des circuits réalisés est de doubler le facteur de mérite des circuits déjà présents dans le portefeuille de STMicroelectronics. Le facteur de mérite est un indice qui compare des circuits équivalents. Il est défini par le rapport entre le produit capacité de charge x produit gain bande-passante et le produit courant de consommation x tension d'alimentation. L'état de l'art des structures d'AOPs a orienté l'étude vers des structures analogiques possédant au moins trois étages de gain. Un niveau de gain statique supérieur à la centaine de décibel est nécessaire pour utiliser ces amplificateurs dans des systèmes contre-réactionnés. Puisque chaque étage de gain introduit un noeud haute impédance et que chaque noeud haute impédance est à l'origine d'un pôle, l'étude de la compensation fréquentielle s'est avérée indispensable pour obtenir des structures optimisées. Pour simplifier l'étude de ces AOPs, le développement d'outils d'aide à la conception analogique a contribué à l'automatisation de plusieurs tâches.. Ces différents travaux ont été ponctués par la réalisation et la caractérisation de six circuits. Les compensations fréquentielles utilisées dans ces circuits sont la compensation nested miller , la compensation reversed nested miller et la compensation multipath nested miller . Parmi les six circuits, une moitié a été réalisée uniquement dans le but de valider des concepts de compensation fréquentielle et l'autre moitié avec toutes les contraintes d'une documentation technique propre à la famille d'AOP standard. / To be in line with the standard of operational amplifier (opamp), designer integrates in his circuit several functionalities like a Rail to rail input and output, class AB output stage and low power consumption. For standard products, there is no outstanding performance but the average of all of them has to be good. In order to increase the number of functions on an integrated circuit, the power supply and current consumption are permanently decreasing. The aim of the designed circuits is to double the figure of merit (FOM) of the actual ST portfolio products. The FOM allows the comparison of similar opamps. It is defined by the ratio of the product of capacitive load x gain-bandwith product over the power consumption. The opamps’ state of the art has led this study to three stages analog cells. A DC gain higher than hundreds of decibel is required to use opamps in feedback configuration. As each stage of the structure introduces a high impedance node and as each high impedance node introduces a pole, the study of frequency compensation technics became essential for well optimized structures. To simplify the study of the opamps, three tools have been developed to help in the design of the frequency compensation network and to automate some tasks. This work has been followed by the realization of six cells. Three of them were designed to validate frequency compensation structure and the other three to satisfy a standard opamp datasheet. Nested Miller, Reversed Nested Miller and Multipath Nested Miller compensations were used in these circuits.

Silicon carbide (SiC) integrated circuits (ICs) can enable the emergence of robust and reliable systems, including data acquisition and on-site control for extreme environments with high temperature and high radiation such as deep earth drilling, space and aviation, electric and hybrid vehicles, and combustion engines. In particular, SiC ICs provide significant benefit by reducing power dissipation and leakage current at temperatures above 300 °C compared to the Si counterpart. In fact, Si-based ICs have a limited maximum operating temperature which is around 300 °C for silicon on insulator (SOI). Owing to its superior material properties such as wide bandgap, three times larger than Silicon, and low intrinsic carrier concentration, SiC is an excellent candidate for high-temperature applications. In this thesis, analog and mixed-signal circuits have been implemented using SiC bipolar technology, including bandgap references, amplifiers, a master-slave comparator, an 8-bit R-2R ladder-based digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a 4-bit flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a 10-bit successive-approximation-register (SAR) ADC. Spice models were developed at binned temperature points from room temperature to 500 °C, to simulate and predict the circuits’ behavior with temperature variation. The high-temperature performance of the fabricated chips has been investigated and verified over a wide temperature range from 25 °C to 500 °C. A stable gain of 39 dB was measured in the temperature range from 25 °C up to 500 °C for the inverting operational amplifier with ideal closed-loop gain of 40 dB. Although the circuit design in an immature SiC bipolar technology is challenging due to the low current gain of the transistors and lack of complete AC models, various circuit techniques have been applied to mitigate these problems. This thesis details the challenges faced and methods employed for device modeling, integrated circuit design, layout implementation and finally performance verification using on-wafer characterization of the fabricated SiC ICs over a wide temperature range. / <p>QC 20170905</p>

Testability is crucial in today’s complex industrial system on chips (SoCs), where sensitive on-chip analog voltages need to be measured. In such cases, an operational amplifier (opamp) is required to sufficiently buffer the signals before they can drive the chip pad and probe parasitics. A single-stage opamp offers an attractive choice since it is power efficient and eliminates the need for frequency compensation. However, it has to satisfy demanding specifications on its stability, input common mode range, output swing, settling time, closed-loop gain and offset voltage. In this work, the settling time performance of a conventional folded-cascode (FC) opamp is substantially improved. Settling time of an opamp consists of two major components, namely the slewing period and the linear settling period. In order to reduce the settling time significantly without incurring excessive area and power penalty, a prudent circuit implementation that minimizes both these constituents is essential. In this work, three different slew rate enhancement (SRE) circuits have been evaluated through extensive simulations. The SRE candidate providing robust slew rate improvement was combined with a current recycling folded cascode structure, resulting in lower slewing and linear settling time periods. Exhaustive simulations on a FC cascode amplifier with complementary inputs illustrate the effectiveness of these techniques in settling time reduction over all envisaged operating conditions.

This thesis deals with concept of universal frequency filter by application of a switched-capacitor functional block. The concept is based on the theory of switched-capacitor circuits and the theory of a design of classical frequency filters. The printed circuit board was designed based on the filter connection developed by using a software Eagle. The filter was implemented as a laboratory product. This product has been revitalized and the frequency response of all types of filters has been measured. The measured parameters were compared with the parameters set out in the technical documentation of functional block.

This master's thesis deals with alkaline battery characteristics and it has special consideration of nickel-cadmium cells. There are three main experimental parts in this paper. First one is concerned with positive electrode materials properties and is aimed to investigate impact of magnesium ions formed into nickel hydroxide electrode structure. Second part deals with battery charging/discharging and response measurement tool design. National Instruments hardware PXI modules for data acquisition was used and program in LabView environment was made. Last one is concerned with nickel-cadmium cell properties changes during increased temperature stressing. Investigation of cell self-charge changes during lithium hydroxide addition into electrolyte was made.

This diploma work deals with active circuit elements and proposals of methods for measuring of some parameters of these elements. In the opening part the work deals with general classification of elements used in electronic circuits, ideal and real current sources and power supplies. Further there are stated basic parameters and characteristics presented by producers in a catalogue sheet for active elements MAX435, OPA660, AD844 and MAA741 element which already belongs to the history of IC. Main attention is paid to active circuit elements with current sources driven by CCCS (Current Controlled Current Source) and AD844 (high speed monolithic operational amplifier). In the work there is described a method for determining of selected parameters of active elements with CCCS. Examined parameters were frequency characteristics of current transfer, input impedance and output impedance. The proposed method was verified by a computer simulation on above mentioned active elements by means of PSpice software. Findings along with the description are summarized at the end of the work. In the closing part of the work there is undertaken a real measure of AD844 element based on the proposed method and the findings are compared with particular simulations. However, at first a flat connection board was made by means of EAGLE software and then the measure was performed on it.

The aim of the thesis is the design and realization of the oscilloscope module with wireless data transfer. One part of the thesis is a short overview of the different types of AD converters. The main part is focused on the hardware configuration that allows modification of the wireless module of the oscilloscope, and the possibility of using in the industrial zone. The design takes into account reducing of consumption and EMC compatibility.

This thesis is focused on behavioral modelling of active elements with independent multi-parameter electronic control using comercially available components. In a first part of the thesis, CVDIBA, CVDOBA, CVCC and OC elements are discussed. The functionality is verified by simulations using OrCAD PSpice. Used components are diamond transistor OPA860, variable gain amplifier LMH6505, differencing amplifier AD830, low distortion differential driver AD8138, current conveyor EL2082 and current mode four quadrant multiplier EL4083. Four active elements are further built on PCB and measured. Some applications like low pass filter, high pass filter, all pass filter and reconfigurable filter.

Master’s thesis deals with design of laboratory supply with precise voltage and current measuring. At the beginning it presents properties, advantages and disadvantages of linear and switching supplies, based on these facts it chooses a linear type of regulator. The design continues with detailed description of power and control analog and digital circuits. The thesis includes description of taking control over the supply from the front panel or through computer. The last part is devoted to measurement results and to presentation of some static and dynamic parameters of the designed supply.