A two-dimensional RC network topology for fault-tolerant design of analog circuits

Paiva, H. M., Galvao, R. K. H., Hadjiloucas, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2380-6114, Yoneyama, T. and Marcolino, M. H. (2022) A two-dimensional RC network topology for fault-tolerant design of analog circuits. International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, 50 (7). pp. 2653-2659. ISSN 1097-007X doi: 10.1002/cta.3299

Abstract/Summary

This paper proposes a novel one-port passive circuit topology consisting of a two-dimensional network of resistors and capacitors, which can be used as a fault-tolerant building block for analog circuit design. Through an analytical procedure, the network is shown to follow simple first-order admittance dynamics. A Monte Carlo method is employed to describe the effect of simultaneous faults (short or open circuit) in random network elements in terms of confidence bounds in the frequency-domain admittance profile. Faults in 10% of the elements resulted in only minor changes of the frequency response (up to 3.9 dB in magnitude and 12.5 ∘ in phase in 95% of the cases). An example is presented to illustrate the use of the proposed RC network in the faulttolerant design of a low-pass filter.

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Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Department of Bio-Engineering
Publisher	Wiley
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