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Analog Circuit Design contains the contribution of 18 tutorials of the 17th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Each part discusses a specific to-date topic on new and valuable design ideas in the area of analog circuit design. Each part is presented by six experts in that field and state of the art information is shared and overviewed. This book is number 17 in this successful series of Analog Circuit Design, providing valuable information and excellent overviews of -High-Speed Clock and Data Recovery -Chaired by Prof. M. Steyaert, Catholic University Leuven -High-Performance Amplifiers -Chaired by Prof. Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven University of Technology -Power Management -Chaired by Herman Casier, AMI Semiconductor Fellow Analog Circuit Design is an essential reference source for analog circuit designers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest development in the field. The tutorial coverage also makes it suitable for use in an advanced design.

Continuous-time (CT) analog filters based on source-follower circuits and on a local positive feedback to synthesize negative resistances and complex poles are here proposed. The intrinsic source-follower feedback allows these filters to perform large linearity for smaller VOV( = VGS − VTH). This is exactly the opposite of the other CT filters where linearity performance improves with VOV and with the current consumption increasing. Two circuit implementations will be shown. The first filter uses a cascade topologies to synthesize a fourth-order lowpass filter. In a 0. 18 μm CMOS at 1.8-V supply, it achieves a 17.5 dBm IIP3 and a − 40 dB HD3 for a 600-mVpp–diff input signal amplitude. A 24 μVrms noise gives a DR = 79 dB, with 2.25 mA current consumption. The second filter exploits a ladder topology to synthesize a sixth order low-pass filter frequency response. In a 0. 13 μm CMOS technology with VDD = 1. 2 V, the cut-off frequency is 280 MHz while the DC gain is 0 dB. An 11 dBm IIP3 has been measured. The output noise is about − 140 dBm at 3 MHz.