This paper presents mixed-signal current-mode CMOS circuits to implement programmable fuzzy controllers that perform the singleton or zero-order Sugeno's method. Design equations to characterize these circuits are provided to explain the precision and speed that they offer. This analysis is illustrated with the experimental results of prototypes integrated in standard CMOS technologies. These tests show that an equivalent precision of 6 bits is achieved. The connection of these blocks according to a proposed architecture allows fuzzy chips with low silicon area whose inference speed is in the range of 2 Mega FLIPS (fuzzy logic inferences per second). Integrated Circuit Implementation of Fuzzy Controllers 3 I.- Introduction. The use of fuzzy systems is widespread, mainly in the control field. Most fuzzy microcontrollers presently used in industrial applications are digital implementations. However, fuzzy logic is intrinsically more like the multivalued and continuous analog world th...

In this thesis a new signal processing technique is presented. This technique exploits the use of pulses as the signalling mechanism. This Palmo 1 signalling method applied to signal processing is novel, combining the advantages of both digital and analogue techniques. Pulsed signals are robust, inherently low-power, easily regenerated, and easily distributed across and between chips. The Palmo cells used to perform analogue operations on the pulsed signals are compact, fast, simple and programmable.

Integration of analog-to-digital signal conversion circuits into digital submicron silicon chips is required for many applications. This is typically implemented by sigma–delta circuits, which can provide good resolution without requiring trimming of component values. This paper presents an analytical comparison of noise performance in four alternative sigma–delta circuit configurations which have been presented in the literature, consisting of discrete-time and continuous-time integration in voltage-mode and in current-mode. For high resolution, superiority of switched-capacitor circuits over the alternatives is shown, based on process technology considerations. Design guidelines are outlined for selecting oversampling rate and other key parameters, in order to obtain maximal data resolution. Keywords: Analog–digital conversion; sigma–delta modulation; signal-to-noise analysis; low voltage CMOS; switched capacitors; switched current. 1.