Title :
CMOS current mirrors with reduced input and output voltage requirements
Author :
Prodanov, V.I. ; Green, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
fDate :
1/18/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A CMOS current mirror with lower than VDS(sat) input voltage requirement is presented. It is shown that the structure can be modified to provide cascode-type output resistance for output voltages even lower than 2VDS(sat). The topology of the proposed current mirror allows low distortion operation from a single 1.5 V supply, which makes it attractive for low-voltage applications
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; amplifiers; electric distortion; 1.5 V; CMOS current mirrors; VLSI; analogue ICs; cascode-type output resistance; input voltage; low distortion operation; low-voltage applications; output voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960076
