The area of analog integrated circuits is facing some serious challenges
due to the ongoing trends towards low supply voltages, low power
consumption and high-frequency operation. The situation is becoming even
more complicated by the fact that many transfer functions have to be
tunable or controllable.
A promising approach to facing these challenges is given by the class of
dynamic translinear circuits, which are, as a consequence, receiving
increasing interest. Several different names are used in literature:
log-domain, exponential state-space, current-mode companding,
instantaneous companding, tanh-domain, sinh-domain, polynomial
state-space, square-root domain and translinear filters. In fact, all
these groups are (overlapping) subclasses of the overall class of
dynamic translinear circuits.
Research Perspectives on Dynamic Translinear and Log-Domain Circuits
is a compilation of research findings in this growing field. It
comprises ten contributions, coming from recognized
`dynamic-translinear' researchers in Europe and North America.
Research Perspectives on Dynamic Translinear and Log-Domain Circuits
is an edited volume of original research.