• DocumentCode
    1330539
  • Title

    A rail-to-rail constant-gm low-voltage CMOS operational transconductance amplifier

  • Author

    Ferri, Giuseppe ; Sansen, Willy

  • Author_Institution
    L´´Aquila Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    10/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1563
  • Lastpage
    1567
  • Abstract
    A new operational transconductance amplifier working with supply voltages down to 1.3 V has been realized in a standard 0.7-μm CMOS technology. A constant transconductance (within 6% of maximum variation) is ensured for the whole common-mode input range. The input transistors operate in weak inversion. The class AB output stage also has a full voltage swing. The circuit provides a 1.3-MHz gain bandwidth for a power consumption of 460 μW (Cload=15 pF) at a 1.5-V supply voltage
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; operational amplifiers; 0.7 micron; 1.3 MHz; 1.3 V; 460 muW; CMOS operational transconductance amplifier; class AB output stage; common-mode input range; rail-to-rail constant-transconductance low-voltage circuit; weak inversion; CMOS technology; Energy consumption; MOS devices; Operational amplifiers; Rail to rail amplifiers; Rail to rail inputs; Rail to rail operation; Tail; Threshold voltage; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4.634665
  • Filename
    634665