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INTRODUCTION
Analog integrated circuit (IC) design using metal-
oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors
(MOSFETs) imposes challenges in sizing and
selecting the right circuit topology (Tlelo-Cuautle
2011, 2013) because a huge plethora of active
devices exist (Sánchez-López, Fernandez, Tlelo-
Cuautle, & Tan, 2011; Sánchez-López, Martínez-
Romero, & Tlelo-Cuautle, 2011). Each kind of
active device provides different electrical charac-
teristics, and then the same circuit under design
may behave a little bit different using different
active devices (Muñoz-Pacheco, Campos-Lopez,
Chapter 8
Distributed Selection
of the Optimal Sizes of
Analog Unity Gain Cells by
Fuzzy Set Intersection
ABSTRACT
A distributed system based on Fuzzy sets to select the optimal sizes of Unity Gain Cells (UGCs) is intro-
duced. A zoom technique is also introduced to search for the optimal sizes in a more refned way. The
selected sizes accomplish target specifcations established by linguistic variables, namely gain “closer
to” unity and “large” bandwidth, which are represented by fuzzy sets. The case of study is focused
on three Voltage Follower and a CFOA whose performance characteristics are evaluated by using IC
technology of 0.35µm and 180µm, respectively, and the circuit simulation program SPICE. Every circuit
is codifed by the width and large (W/L) of every Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Efect-Transistor
(MOSFET) and by its bias current source. From the population of feasible solutions computed by evo-
lutionary algorithms, the optimal W/L sizes are selected by the proposed distributed system through the
intersection of fuzzy sets.
Said Polanco-Martagón
CENIDET, Mexico
Gerardo Reyes Salgado
CENIDET, Mexico
Georgina Flores Becerra
Instituto Tecnologico de Puebla, Mexico
Esteban Tlelo Cuautle
INAOE, Mexico
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6627-6.ch008