Novel clocked semi-floating-gate differential transconductance amplifer for ultra-low voltage analog design

Author

Berg, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

fYear

2011

fDate

26-29 June 2011

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

288

Abstract

In this paper we explore volatile floating-gate CMOS circuits aimed for ultra-low analog design. The analog transconductance amplifier presented may operate down to 250mV in a STM 90nm CMOS process with an inherent threshold voltage of 270mV. The ultra-low transconductance amplifier has a current boost function and resembles switch-cap and auto-zero circuits. The ultra-low voltage analog circuits presented may be used in mixed-signal applications. The current boost technique has been used to implement ultra-low voltage digital logic.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; operational amplifiers; STM process; auto-zero circuits; clocked semifloating-gate differential transconductance amplifier; current boost function; mixed-signal applications; size 90 nm; switch-cap circuits; ultra-low voltage analog design; ultra-low voltage digital logic; volatile floating-gate CMOS circuits; voltage 250 mV; CMOS integrated circuits; Clocks; Logic gates; MOS devices; Threshold voltage; Transconductance; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS), 2011 IEEE 9th International

Conference_Location

Bordeaux

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-135-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEWCAS.2011.5981311

Filename

5981311