Arjuna Marzuki

Wawasan Open University | WOU · School of Science and Technology

This paper discusses a hybrid Digital-Analog Converter (DAC) architecture which is a combination of a binary-weighted resistor approach for eight bits in the least-significant-bit and thermometer coded approach for four bits in the most-significant-bit. The proposed design combines advantages of the binary-weighted resistor approach and thermometer...

Many real-world problems involve optimization of multi-resolution parameters. In optimization problems, the higher the resolution, the larger the search space, and resolution affects the accuracy and performance of an optimization model. This article presents a genetic algorithm and particle swarm based cascade multi-resolution optimization model,...

Practical core-based design suitable for medium power amplifier (MPA) is presented. The core circuit is developed and applied at 0.9 GHz, 2.4 GHz, 3.5 GHz and 5.85 GHz. Parasitic-aware design flow is introduced in the whole approach. 5.85 GHz MPA achieves a P1 dB of 16.5 dBm, PAE of 15.8% and gain of 4.5 dB at the 12 dBm power input under a low pow...

In this paper, two sets of low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) implemented in 0.13-μm CMOS technology using different transistor layouts are presented. For a fair comparison, the LNAs were designed using the same circuit topology and components, whereby the differences lie only on the type of transistor used, namely, the common multifinger radio frequency...

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are emerging photovoltaics (PVs) with promising optoelectronic characteristics. PSCs can be semitransparent (ST), which is beneficial in many innovative applications, including building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPVs). While PSCs exhibit excellent performance potential, enhancements in their stability and scalable man...

This book provides comprehensive knowledge, aimed at practicing integrated circuit design engineer or researcher, to learn and design a low noise amplifier (LNA) for single and multiband applications. The content is structured in a way so that even a beginner can follow the design method easily. This book features the following characteristics: Dif...

p> An 8-bit asynchronous single-ended Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for the realization of a perovskite photovoltaic (PV) sensing application is presented. Various techniques have been proposed to enhance speed and power efficiency. A bootstrap transmission gate-based sample and hold circuit is proposed t...

p> An 8-bit asynchronous single-ended Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for the realization of a perovskite photovoltaic (PV) sensing application is presented. Various techniques have been proposed to enhance speed and power efficiency. A bootstrap transmission gate-based sample and hold circuit is proposed t...

p> An 8-bit asynchronous single-ended Successive Approximation Register (SAR) Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for the realization of a perovskite photovoltaic (PV) sensing application is presented. Various techniques have been proposed to enhance speed and power efficiency. A bootstrap transmission gate-based sample and hold circuit is proposed t...

More than Moore (system level) improves system performance. However, it does not improve the chip performance or design efficacy. This paper introduces a new concept of more than Moore (Co-design with System). The concept improves the design of the integrated circuit.

The four articles discuss designing and developing medium power amplifiers for wireless LAN applications using Gallium Arsenide PHEMT (GaN PHEMT) technology. The first article by Rasmi et al. presents a 0.5 μm GaAs PHEMT medium power amplifier design using a simple RC feedback amplifier for wireless LAN applications. The second article by Rasmi et...

The paper concentrates on the design of a dualband rectenna which consists of a receiving antenna, impedance matching, single-stage voltage doubler rectifier as well as a load. The rectenna is designed using HSMS 280C Schottky diodes as its main component and combined with the lumped elements, microstrip lines as well as quasiYagi with semi-bowti...

Electricity demand has surged over the last several years and will persist in the future. Increased transmission loads cause transmission lines to operate much closer to their security limits, leading to thermal and mechanical stress and thus affecting the transmission reliability and thermal aging. Accordingly, monitoring the conductor temperature...

This article presents the enhancement of Legendre Optimum low pass filter (LPF) in terms of reusability and bandwidth, based on the programmable memristance of memristors. Two LPFs of the third order, operating in the MF and VHF range, and designed using the insertion loss method are presented. At 600 kHz and 110 MHz, two Knowm memristors working i...

This paper presents an experimental evaluation and validation of a standalone photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy system using a perturb and observe MPPT-based voltage controller (POVC) for application on the reduced component multilevel inverter (MLI). The objective is to verify the effectiveness of POVC and asymmetrical MLI for real PV interconnec...

What are the challenges in integrated circuit design? Is achieving design specification one of the challenges? What is the first-time right design? With the progress of semiconductor technology such as CMOS technology scaling, tremendous progress in an integrated circuit has occurred. It seems the technology is the quick solution to the challenge....

This paper presents the enhancement of Legendre Optimum low pass filters in terms of reusability and bandwidth, based on the variable or programmable memristance of memristors. Two low pass filters, of third and fifth order, operating in the radio frequency range, and designed using the insertion loss method are presented. At 600 KHz and at 110 MHz...

This paper demonstrates the design of integrated 8-bit pipelined ADC and DAC for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) system. The op-amp has provided sufficient open-loop DC gain to guarantee the excellent performance of ADC. While the hybrid DAC, which has been partitioned equally into two sub-segments, i.e. current-steering and binary-weighted resistor arc...

本书旨在为应用于片上系统或专用标准化产品研发的互补金属氧化物半导体（CMOS）模拟与混合信号电路设计提供完整的应用知识，面向对线性电路、离散概念、微电子器件与超大规模集成电路系统有一定了解的读者。 全书涵盖模拟与混合信号电路的概念、设计原则、设计方法、电路结构以及大量实例，可以帮助读者从实践的角度系统地学习相关知识，积累电路设计经验。 本书涉及大量的实例与练习，其中部分电路可直接使用电子设计自动化工具进行仿真。 第2章和第3章来自马来西亚理科大学的模拟集成电路课程，提供了易于理解且完备的CMOS模拟电路设计知识。 本书可以作为高等院校电路设计相关课程的教材，还可供集成电路芯片设计领域的工程师及科研人员参考。 https://yuedu.baidu.com/ebook/8776bd89bad...

This paper focuses on antenna for harvesting energy from a dedicated transmitter. The potential novel quasi-Yagi antenna with semi-bowtie driven element can be used as part of rectenna due to its characteristic of having directional properties and considerably wide bandwidth covering the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band consists of 86...

This talk is to discuss the practices and innovations of the Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) analog and mixed-signal circuit design, which can be applied for System on Chip (SOC) or Application-Specific Standard Product (ASSP) development. First, it will introduce the basic devices, such as the Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the performance of an 8-bit hybrid DAC which is suitable for wireless application or part of a built-in test block for ADC. The hybrid architecture used is the combination of thermometer coding and binary-weighted resistor architectures. Design/methodology/approach The conventional DAC topology perfo...

This project develops a fetal heart rate (FHR) extraction application to analyze the fetus activity in the mother uterus. Several methods are available that can be used to detect FHR such as using the fetal electrocardiogram (FECG) that generated by fetus’ heart. Extracting FECG signals is considered a major challenge while the fetus is inside the...

LED driver is an electrical device that provides the required voltage and regulates the constant amount of power to the LED's needs or string of LEDs. This article presents the design and development of voltage references for an LED driver IC. Integrated circuit design in multiple device technologies such as an LED driver requires a built-in voltag...

This paper presents a linear low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator in 0.18-pm CMOS technology. The proposed LDO consists of voltage reference, error amplifier, pass device, output capacitor and resistive feedback network. A symmetrical operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) is implemented as an error amplifier and a PMOS transistor is used as a...

The purpose of this book is to provide a complete working knowledge of the CMOS analog and mixed-signal circuit design, which can be applied for SOC or ASSP development. It initiates with an introduction to CMOS analog and mixed-signal circuit design with further coverage of basic device such as MOSFET with both long and short-channel operations, p...

The spice is part of chap 7 of CMOS Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Practices and Innovations https://www.routledge.com/CMOS-Analog-and-Mixed-Signal-Circuit-Design-Practices-and-Innovations/Marzuki/p/book/9780367430108

In this work, a low-power 0.18-µm CMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) for MedRadio applications has been designed and verified. Cadence IC5 software with Silterra's C18G CMOS Process Design Kit were used for all design and simulation work. This LNA utilizes complementary common-source current-reuse topology and subthreshold biasing to achieve low-power...

In this work, a low-power 0.18-μm CMOS low-noise amplifier (LNA) for MedRadio applications has been designed and verified. Cadence IC5 software with Silterra’s C18G CMOS Process Design Kit were used for all design and simulation work. This LNA utilizes complementary common-source current-reuse topology and subthreshold biasing to achieve low-power...

Cardiotocography (CTG) is one of the common tools used to monitor mother and fetus health status. CTG displays the continuous reading of fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contractions (UC) in graphical form. The common parameters used to analyze the signals are baseline, variability, accelerations, and decelerations of FHR. By using these paramete...

In this paper, we study the effects of alpha radiation on silicon carbide (SiC) photodiode IV curve. Recently, SiC photodiode is widely used as a radiation detector. In this work, we used Am-241, which mainly emits alpha radiation as the radiation source. The aim is to study the effects of Am-241 alpha radiation on the SiC photodiode current-voltag...

In this paper, we study the effects of alpha radiation on silicon carbide (SiC) photodiode IV curve. Recently, SiC photodiode is widely used as a radiation detector. In this work, we used Am-241, which mainly emits alpha radiation as the radiation source. The aim is to study the effects of Am-241 alpha radiation on the SiC photodiode current-voltag...

Solid state lighting (SSL) technology has a potential to provide artificial lighting more efficiently, low cost and long-lasting alternatives to conventional incandescent and fluorescent lighting sources. As the LED technology evolves, the applications involving LEDs are innumerable and its varieties impose a clear demand on design of controllable...

Plant phenotyping studies represents a challenge in agriculture application. The studies normally employ CMOS optical and image sensor. One of the most difficult challenges in designing the CMOS sensor is the need to achieve good sensitivity while achieving low noise and low power simultaneously for the sensor. At low power, the CMOS amplifier in t...

Članek predstavlja obliko in razvoj RGB senzorja s kompenzacijskim vezjem temnega toka. Predstavljen dizajn, za eliminacijo pulzirajočega signala ne uporablja klasični nizkopasovni filter temveč tehniko preklopnega kapacitivnega vezja. Za določitev razmerja sofazne napetosti temnega toka ali kompenzirane sofazne napetosti je uporabljena fotofioda....

Accurate transistor thermal noise model is crucial in IC design as it allows accurate selection of transistors for specific frequency application. The accuracy of the model is represented by the similarity between the simulated and the measured noise parameters (NPs). This work was based on a problem faced by a foundry concerning the dissimilaritie...

This article presents the design and development of a Red, Green, Blue (RGB) Colour Sensor with a dark current compensation circuit. The presented design employs a new approach to eliminate the conventional low pass filter, where it is normally required to integrate the pulsating signal. This is accomplished by employing switched capacitor circuit...

This paper presents the design of a Q-band low-noise amplifier (LNA) in a 0.13 μm CMOS process. As the process is optimized only for radio frequency (RF) and not for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) application, the design of the LNA requires customize design and modeling of its transistor and transmission line. The proposed transistor and transmission li...

This paper describes a new design approach of a broadband medium power amplifier (MPA). Conventionally, the design approach of MPA requires extensive transistor level analysis and simulation. The post-fabricated analysis approach is used in the broadband MPA design. The MPA operates from 0.3-10 GHz with gain from 3-13 dB with total current consumpt...

This paper reports the passive frequency multiplier designs used to obtain a pre-determined multiplies output frequency of 20 to 26 GHz in modern communication system. The performances between the simulated lumped frequency multiplier modeling design and the Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit (MMIC) frequency multiplier design are going to be...

This paper reports the architecture design of 26–32 GHz downconverter passive double-balanced mixers used for RF front-end circuit design. The performance of the simulated lumped hybrid-ring coupler double-balanced mixer and the monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) double-balanced mixer are going to be compared throughout this paper. Both...

Agriculture sensors play an important role in modern agriculture. The use of sensors in various agricu lture sectors minimizes the environmental impact on crops , helps in increasing yield and saving cost of operation. Among all agriculture industries in Mala ysia, the mushroom industry is a comparatively new and small. As most of the mushroom farm...

p>This study reviews related studies on the impact of the layout dependent effects on high frequency and RF noise parameter performances, carried out over the past decade. It specifically focuses on the doughnut and multi- finger layouts. The doughnut style involves the polygonal and the 4- sided techniques, while the multi-finger involving the nar...

The application of CMOS image sensor (CIS) for image sensing device requires a solid understanding of the CMOS image sensor itself (Edmund, 2014). While the understanding of the analog-mixed- signal circuits (basic photodiode, amplifier, ADC, I/O and power supply) are essentially important for the use (and design) the CMOS image sensor. With these...

This paper focuses on the investigation of the level powers that can be scavenged from the ambient environment by using corporate feed with dual segment circular polarized antenna array . It will converts the received power to direct current (DC). Being a circular polarized antenna, it has higher inductance per unit area, a good Q-factor and compac...

This paper focuses on control implementation of any color point light output mixing of red, green and blue (RGB) light emitting diode (LED). The changes in light output of the individual RGB LED will impact on color point when additive color mixing is done. Based on the study and experimental test, the LED's illumination tends to vary due to the he...

??????This paper presents a chronological review of the research carried out on antennas in low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC) technology over the last ten years or so. Major breakthroughs in LTCC technologies and its shortcomings are highlighted. The current state of the art of LTCC-technology-based antennas is then evaluated. All realizable...

Modern wireless communication devices demands for multiband operation using single antenna to reduce complexity of the system. In this work a multi-band rectangular shaped Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) is designed and analyzed. A two segments rectangular dielectric resonator with different permittivity's are stacked together, and a notch is cr...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the high-frequency performance of 0.13-μm n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors with various multi-finger configurations for implementation in millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequency. Design/methodology/approach – A folded-like double-gate transistor layout is designed to enable the trans...

Single-Supply Operational Amplifier (Op-Amp) is important to the applications on battery-powered equipments whereas MMIC Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) is a type of integrated circuit device used in capturing operating signal in microwave frequency. This paper presents an optimization study of a Single-Supply Op-Amp and a MMIC LNA using Genetic Algorith...

This paper presents the effect of variation of diameter and height of DR to the resonant frequency and radiation pattern of DRA. Analysis was carried out on the DR with diameter of 10.66 mm and height of 4.4 mm. The simulated and measured resonant frequencies were 3.67 and 3.77 GHz, respectively. The E-plane radiation pattern of CDRA was bi-directi...

Feed coupling comparative assessment of some selected patch antennas is presented. Different available feed configurations were implemented ranging from the conventional microstrip feed line to coaxial feed probe, quarter wavelength feed, inset coupled, and a few available capacitively loaded coupled feed which are also optimized for maximal excita...

Balanced combination of global search using Genetic Algorithm (GA) and local search using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) motivates the incorporation of hybrid computational intelligence techniques into the Layer Encoding Evolutionary Cascade Optimization (LECO) model. A