MICROELECTRONIC SYSTEMS NEWS



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Field Programmable Analogue Mixed-Signal Devices
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DATE: september 1996
TITLE: Field Programmable Analogue and Mixed-Signal Devices



Field Programmable Analogue and Mixed-Signal Devices

Pilkington Micro-electronics has licensed Motorola to offer a new
development  in  field programmable  devices:  the combination of
the world's first general purpose Field Programmable Analogue Ar-
ray  (FPAA)  with  its existing  digital  Field Programmable Gate
Array (FPGA) to implement a Field Programmable Mixed-Signal Array
(FPMA).

The FPAA cell can readily be configured to implement a wide range
of primitive functions including:

   * operational amplifier
   * comparator
   * gain stage
   * adder/subtractor
   * integrator/differentiator
   * precision rectifier
   * 1st order filter stage
   * sample & hold


Every cell resource is programmable. Some  are  dynamically  pro-
grammable - this does not involve reconfiguration, but means that
their programming can respond to analogue circuit  conditions  or
digital control signals whilst the circuit is operating.

Pilkington Micro-electronics Limited
Sherwood House
Gadbrook Business Centre
Rudheath, Northwich
Cheshire CW9 7TN United Kingdom
TEL: (+44) 1606 49582 
FAX: (+44) 1606 49615
info@pmel.com
WWW: Pilkington 




 

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