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Design for testability of high‐order OTA‐C filters
Author(s) -
Hasan Masoodul,
Zhu Yanqing,
Sun Yichuang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of circuit theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.364
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1097-007X
pISSN - 0098-9886
DOI - 10.1002/cta.2200
Subject(s) - testability , cascade , filter (signal processing) , prototype filter , control theory (sociology) , multiplexer , operational transconductance amplifier , electronic engineering , computer science , operational amplifier , mathematics , filter design , engineering , amplifier , multiplexing , reliability engineering , cmos , electrical engineering , control (management) , chemical engineering , artificial intelligence
Summary A study of oscillation‐based test for high‐order Operational Transconductance Amplifier‐C (OTA‐C) filters is presented. The method is based on partition of a high‐order filter into second‐order filter functions. The opening Q‐loop and adding positive feedback techniques are developed to convert the second‐order filter section into a quadrature oscillator. These techniques are based on an open‐loop configuration and an additional positive feedback configuration. Implementation of the two testability design methods for n th‐order cascade, IFLF and leapfrog (LF) filters is presented, and the area overhead of the modified circuits is also discussed. The performances of the presented techniques are investigated. Fourth‐order cascade, inverse follow‐the‐leader feedback (IFLF) and LF OTA‐C filters were designed and simulated for analysis of fault coverage using the adding positive feedback method based on an analogue multiplexer. Simulation results show that the oscillation‐based test method using positive feedback provides high fault coverage of around 97%, 96% and 95% for the cascade, IFLF and LF OTA‐C filters, respectively. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.