• DocumentCode
    2421770
  • Title

    Using a low-voltage COA for high-performance voltage amplification

  • Author

    Pennisi, Salvatore

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. Elettrico Elettronico e Sistemistico, Catania Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    405
  • Abstract
    This paper demonstrates that a current operational amplifier (COA) can be exploited to perform high-performance voltage-mode signal processing. Specifically a CMOS low-voltage COA, recently proposed, is used to implement a 1-V voltage amplifier providing a constant closed-loop bandwidth of about 2MHz and exhibiting a THD better than -60 dB for a 1-MHz 600-mVpp output signal.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; harmonic distortion; low-power electronics; operational amplifiers; 1 V; 2 MHz; CMOS low-voltage current operational amplifier; closed-loop bandwidth; total harmonic distortion; voltage amplification; voltage-mode signal processing; Bandwidth; Capacitors; Frequency; Impedance; Negative feedback; Operational amplifiers; Signal design; Signal processing; Transconductance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2002. 9th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7596-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2002.1045419
  • Filename
    1045419