• DocumentCode
    1509820
  • Title

    1-V power supply CMOS cascode amplifier

  • Author

    Lehmann, Torsten ; Cassia, Marco

  • Author_Institution
    Cochlear Ltd., Lane Cove, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1082
  • Lastpage
    1086
  • Abstract
    We design a folded cascode operational transconductance amplifier in a standard CMOS process, which has a measured 69-dB DC gain, a 2-MHz bandwidth, and compatible input- and output voltage levels at a 1-V power supply. This is done by a novel, current driven bulk (CDB) technique, which reduces the MOST threshold voltage by forcing a constant current though the transistor bulk terminal. We also look at limitations and improvements of this CDB technique
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; current mirrors; low-power electronics; operational amplifiers; 1 V; 2 MHz; 69 dB; CMOS cascode amplifier; DC gain; bulk bias; compatible I/O voltage levels; constant current; current driven bulk technique; current mirror; differential pair; folded cascode OTA; reduced MOST threshold voltage; standard CMOS process; Bandwidth; CMOS process; Gain measurement; Measurement standards; Operational amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power measurement; Power supplies; Transconductance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.933464
  • Filename
    933464