Title :
General purpose rail-to-rail input circuit with constant behaviour for VLSI cell libraries
Author :
Carrillo, J.M. ; Duque-Carrillo, J.F. ; Torelli, G. ; Ausin, J.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
fDate :
12/5/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A general purpose rail-to-rail input stage suitable for analogue and mixed signal applications and compatible with modern submicron CMOS technologies, is introduced. The circuit provides, simultaneously, a constant small- and large-signal behaviour over the entire input common-mode voltage range, whilst imposing no appreciable constraint for high-frequency operation. Experimental results are given.
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; VLSI cell libraries; analogue applications; constant large-signal behaviour; constant small-signal behaviour; general purpose input stage; high-frequency operation; input common-mode voltage range; mixed signal applications; rail-to-rail input stage; submicron CMOS technologies;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021099
