SIMPLE RAIL-TO-RAIL LOW-VOLTAGE CONSTANT-TRANSCONDUCTANCE CMOS INPUT STAGE IN WEAK INVERSION

被引:8
作者
BOTMA, JH
WASSENAAR, RF
WIEGERINK, RJ
机构
[1] MESA Research Institute, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede
关键词
OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930764
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A CMOS input stage for operational amplifiers is presented. To obtain a rail-to-rail input range an nMOS and a pMOS differential pair are driven in parallel. Both differential pairs operate in weak inversion. With the help of only four additional transistors a transconductance g(m) is obtained which is independent of the common input voltage. This extension does not increase the minimum required supply voltage.
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页码:1145 / 1147
页数:3
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