• DocumentCode
    375633
  • Title

    Current mode building and blocks and their application in ADC

  • Author

    Sarao, J. ; Kwok, H.H.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    283
  • Abstract
    This paper can be divided into two parts. The first part involves the design of current mode building blocks such as current mirrors, comparators, amplifiers. A new improved n-type current mirror based on regulated cascode circuit configuration is presented. The second part involved the design of one bit, two bit and eight bit current mode ADCs. The simulations were done using 0.8 micron BiCMOS technology from CMC
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; comparators (circuits); current mirrors; current-mode circuits; 0.8 micron; ADCs; BiCMOS technology; CMC; amplifiers; comparators; current mode building blocks; n-type current mirror; regulated cascode circuit; Analog integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Buildings; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Current mode circuits; Dynamic range; Mirrors; Parasitic capacitance; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, Computers and signal Processing, 2001. PACRIM. 2001 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Victoria, BC
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7080-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PACRIM.2001.953578
  • Filename
    953578