scholarly journals Challenges of <i>V</i><i><sub>DD</sub></i> scaling for analog circuits: an amplifier

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 377-381
Author(s):  
A. Bargagli-Stoffi ◽  
J. Sauerbrey ◽  
J. Wang ◽  
D. Schmitt-Landsiedel
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Analog Circuits ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Analog Design ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Current Mirrors ◽  
Satisfactory Performance ◽  
Transconductance Amplifier ◽  
The Many

Abstract. With the shrinking of the device dimensions, the power supply voltage value is continuously decreasing. Since the threshold voltage value does not decrease as much as the power supply and the drain source saturation voltage becomes an important fraction of the power supply, many amplifier architectures are no more suitable for modern processes. A transconductance amplifier based on current mirrors is analyzed highlighting the main challenges of a low-voltage analog design. Among the many proposed amplifier architectures, a topology based on current mirrors has been chosen as the most promising to operate with low voltages. Simulations with 90nm CMOS prove the feasibility of circuit operation with satisfactory performance at an operating power supply voltage as low as 0.6V.

scholarly journals Low-voltage 0.35-/mi cmos wideband operational transconductance amplifier

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-369
Author(s):  
Lyes Bouzerara ◽  
Mohand Belaroussi
Keyword(s):  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Output Impedance ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Gain Bandwidth ◽  
Current Mirrors ◽  
Transconductance Amplifier ◽  
Cascade Structure ◽  
Feedback Frequency ◽  
High Output Impedance

A low voltage CMOS wideband operational Tran conductance amplifier (OTA) using regulated cascade structure with an active positive feedback frequency-dependent current mirrors and feed forward techniques, is presented and analyzed. Such techniques stand as a powerful method of gain bandwidth, output impedance and phase margin enhancements. In this paper, an efficient implementation of a high output impedance current mirror is used in the design of an OTA by means of the regulated cascade circuits. This amplifier operates at ?1.25 V power supply voltage, exhibits a voltage gain of 68 dB, and provides a gain bandwidth product of 166 MHz. It drives a capacitive load of 1.6 pF and gives a power dissipation of 8.5 mW. The predicted performance is verified by simulations using HSPICE tool with 0.35 /itm CMOS TSMC parameters.

scholarly journals Low-voltage, low-power and high gain cmosota using active positive feedback with feed forward and FDCM techniques

2002 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Lyes Bouzerara ◽  
Tahar Belaroussi ◽  
Boualem Amirouche
Keyword(s):  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Phase Margin ◽  
Current Mirror ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Gain Bandwidth ◽  
Frequency Dependent ◽  
Feed Forward ◽  
Current Mirrors

A low voltage, high dc gain and wideband load compensated cas code operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), using an active positive feedback with feed forward technique and frequency-dependent current mirrors (FDCM), is presented and analyzed. Such techniques stand as a powerful method of gain bandwidth and phase margin enhancements. In this paper, a frequency-dependent current mirror, whose input impedance increases with frequency, is used to form the feed forward path at the input of the current mirror with a feed forward capacitor. By using these techniques, the gain bandwidth product of the amplifier is improved from 115 MHz to 194 MHz, the phase margin is also improved from 85? to 95? and the gain is enhanced from 11 dB to 93 dB. This amplifier operates at 2.5 V power supply voltage drives a capacitive load of 1pF and gives a power dissipation of 7 mW. The predicted performance is verified by simulations using HSPICE tool with 0.8 fim CMOS AMS parameters.

TUNABLE ACTIVE FILTERS FOR RF AND MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (06) ◽  
pp. 1450088 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEONARDO PANTOLI ◽  
VINCENZO STORNELLI ◽  
GIORGIO LEUZZI
Keyword(s):  
Power Consumption ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Bandpass Filter ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Active Filters ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Microwave Applications

In this paper, we present a low-voltage tunable active filter for microwave applications. The proposed filter is based on a single-transistor active inductor (AI), that allows the reduction of circuit area and power consumption. The three active-cell bandpass filter has a 1950 MHz center frequency with a -1 dB flat bandwidth of 10 MHz (Q ≈ 200), a shape factor (30–3 dB) of 2.5, and can be tuned in the range 1800–2050 MHz, with constant insertion loss. A dynamic range of about 75 dB is obtained, with a P1dB compression point of -5 dBm. The prototype board, fabricated on a TLX-8 substrate, has a 4 mW power consumption with a 1.2 V power supply voltage.

scholarly journals A 0.6 V MOS-Only Voltage Reference for Biomedical Applications with 40 ppm/∘C Temperature Drift

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (08) ◽  
pp. 1850128 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nagulapalli ◽  
K. Hayatleh ◽  
Steve Barker ◽  
Sumathi Raparthy ◽  
Nabil Yassine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Absolute Temperature ◽  
Voltage Reference ◽  
Mos Transistors ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Temperature Drift ◽  
Ultra Low Power

This paper exploits the CMOS beta multiplier circuit to synthesize a temperature-independent voltage reference suitable for low voltage and ultra-low power biomedical applications. The technique presented here uses only MOS transistors to generate Proportional To Absolute Temperature (PTAT) and Complimentary To Absolute Temperature (CTAT) currents. A self-biasing technique has been used to minimize the temperature and power supply dependency. A prototype in 65[Formula: see text]nm CMOS has been developed and occupies 0.0039[Formula: see text]mm2, and at room temperature, it generates a 204[Formula: see text]mV reference voltage with 1.3[Formula: see text]mV drift over a wide temperature range (from [Formula: see text]40[Formula: see text]C to 125[Formula: see text]C). This has been designed to operate with a power supply voltage down to 0.6[Formula: see text]V and consumes 1.8[Formula: see text]uA current from the supply. The simulated temperature coefficient is 40[Formula: see text]ppm/[Formula: see text]C.

scholarly journals Design techniques for low-voltage analog integrated circuits

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matej Rakús ◽  
Viera Stopjaková ◽  
Daniel Arbet
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Mos Transistors ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Current Mirrors ◽  
Moderate Inversion ◽  
Design Techniques

AbstractIn this paper, a review and analysis of different design techniques for (ultra) low-voltage integrated circuits (IC) are performed. This analysis shows that the most suitable design methods for low-voltage analog IC design in a standard CMOS process include techniques using bulk-driven MOS transistors, dynamic threshold MOS transistors and MOS transistors operating in weak or moderate inversion regions. The main advantage of such techniques is that there is no need for any modification of standard CMOS structure or process. Basic circuit building blocks like differential amplifiers or current mirrors designed using these approaches are able to operate with the power supply voltage of 600 mV (or even lower), which is the key feature towards integrated systems for modern portable applications.

Power Supply Voltage Dependence of Within-Die Delay Variation of Regular Manual Layout and Irregular Place-and-Route Layout

2011 ◽  
Vol E94-C (6) ◽  
pp. 1072-1075
Author(s):  
Tadashi YASUFUKU ◽  
Yasumi NAKAMURA ◽  
Zhe PIAO ◽  
Makoto TAKAMIYA ◽  
Takayasu SAKURAI
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Voltage Dependence ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Place And Route ◽  
Delay Variation

Power Supply Voltage Control for Eliminating Overkills and Underkills in Delay Fault Testing

2016 ◽  
Vol E99.C (10) ◽  
pp. 1219-1225
Author(s):  
Masahiro ISHIDA ◽  
Toru NAKURA ◽  
Takashi KUSAKA ◽  
Satoshi KOMATSU ◽  
Kunihiro ASADA
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Voltage Control ◽  
Fault Testing ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Delay Fault ◽  
Delay Fault Testing

AlInAs/GaInAs on InP HEMTs for low power supply voltage operation of high power-added efficiency microwave amplifiers

1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (15) ◽  
pp. 1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.E. Larson ◽  
M.M. Matloubian ◽  
J.J. Brown ◽  
A.S. Brown ◽  
M. Thompson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Power Supply Voltage ◽  
Power Added Efficiency ◽  
Microwave Amplifiers
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