Title :
1.5-V high-drive second generation current conveyor
Author :
Mita, R. ; Palumbo, G. ; Pennisi, S.
Author_Institution :
University of Catania, Italy
Abstract :
This paper presents a low voltage CMOS second generation current conveyor with rail-to-rail input and output dynamic ranges. The circuit includes also a class AB output stage with high driving capability. A prototype has been fabricated using the 0.6-µm AMS technology. The circuit supplied with ±0.75V exhibits rail-to-rail capability and an input resistance at the X terminal of about 150Ω. Thanks to the class AB behavior, the current drive capability is better than 0.8mA, which is about 40 times the quiescent current in the output branch.
Keywords :
CMOS technology; Circuits; Differential amplifiers; Electrical resistance measurement; Low voltage; Power supplies; Prototypes; Rails; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2002. ESSCIRC 2002. Proceedings of the 28th European
Conference_Location :
Florence, Italy
