Title :
New low current mismatch and wide output dynamic range charge pump
Author :
Soleiman, Elias ; Kamarei, Mahmoud
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Conventional charge pumps suffer from current mismatch that increases reference spur in Phase Locked Loops (PLL). Some previously introduced methods reduce this mismatch by cost of output voltage dynamic range limitation. This paper proposes a new charge pump structure with low current mismatch while having wide output dynamic range. High accurate current matching is done using high-gain low power amplifiers in feedback configuration where it´s wide output dynamic range is obtained by using triode-region transistors in current mirrors. Circuit level simulation results in standard 0.18 μm CMOS technology with 1.8 V supply voltage has been provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed structure.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; charge pump circuits; current mirrors; low-power electronics; phase locked loops; power amplifiers; CMOS technology; PLL; circuit level simulation; current mirror; high-gain low power amplifier; low current mismatch; output voltage dynamic range limitation; phase locked loop; size 0.18 mum; triode-region transistor; voltage 1.8 V; wide output dynamic range charge pump; Charge pumps; Dynamic range; Phase locked loops; Resistance; Switches; Switching circuits; Transistors; charge pump; current mismatch; spur suppression;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering (ICEE), 2011 19th Iranian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tehran
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0730-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-964-463-428-4