• DocumentCode
    3365992
  • Title

    A CMOS Transconductor with High Linear Range

  • Author

    Mourabit, A. El ; Sbaa, M.H. ; Alaoui-Ismaili, Z. ; Lahjomri, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Ecole Nat. des Sci. appliquees de Tanger, Tanger
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    11-14 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1131
  • Lastpage
    1134
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an alternative to the source degeneration technique of conventional source-coupled pair. It´s based on transconductance reduction by introducing a multiple inputs floating gate transistor (MIFG-MOS). The improved linear range is obtained without supplementary constraints on voltage supply or common mode operating range. Spice simulation results based BSIM3 Model has shown good agreement with the theory approach.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; SPICE; CMOS transconductor; Spice simulation; multiple inputs floating gate transistor; transconductance reduction; CMOS technology; Circuits; Equations; Linearity; MOSFETs; Polarization; Resistors; Transconductance; Transconductors; Voltage; CMOS differential pair; Linear range; MIFG MOS; Source degeneration; Transconductance; Transistor composite;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2007. ICECS 2007. 14th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Marrakech
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1377-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1378-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2007.4511194
  • Filename
    4511194