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A Novel Ultra Low Power Current Comparator

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A novel ultra low power current comparator has been proposed in this paper. The current comparator utilizes Dynamic Threshold Metal Oxide Semiconductor (DTMOS) technique to reduce the power dissipation, by reducing the supply voltage. The circuit is capable of working at a supply voltage as low as ±0.2 V. The circuit has been implemented in 0.18 µm (Taiwan Semiconductos Manufacturing Company) TSMC technology parameters.

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  1. Department of ECE, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Delhi, India

    Veepsa Bhatia

  2. Department of ECE, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India

    Neeta Pandey

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Bhatia, V., Pandey, N. (2017). A Novel Ultra Low Power Current Comparator. In: Singh, M., Gupta, P., Tyagi, V., Sharma, A., Ören, T., Grosky, W. (eds) Advances in Computing and Data Sciences. ICACDS 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 721. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5427-3_45

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