Novel design technique for highly linear current mode amplifiers. Analysis, design, simulations

Author

Bruck, Y. ; Zelikson, M. ; Burdo, G.

Author_Institution

IBM Res. Lab., Hafia, Israel

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

695

Abstract

We report on a novel approach for the linearization of current mode amplifiers. We present the design and tuning procedure outline and then illustrate it by the design of a transconductor amplifier. The amplifier is implemented in the IBM SiGe BiCMOS technology and it features second and third harmonic suppression of about 100 dB respectively at signal-to-bias ratio of 1 (simulation results). Although the procedure is demonstrated on a particular example, it is applicable to a wide class of current mode amplifiers

Keywords

BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit tuning; current-mode circuits; differential amplifiers; harmonics suppression; linear network synthesis; linearisation techniques; operational amplifiers; IBM SiGe BiCMOS technology; SiGe; current mode amplifiers; design technique; highly linear amplifiers; linearization; second harmonic suppression; third harmonic suppression; transconductor amplifier; tuning procedure; Analytical models; Circuits; Filters; Laboratories; Linearity; Linearization techniques; Performance analysis; Signal design; Transconductors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5482-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2000.857190

Filename

857190