Title :
Bipolar/CMOS (weak inversion) rail-to-rail constant-gm input stage
Author :
Prodanov, V.I. ; Green, M.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA
fDate :
2/27/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A rail-to-rail constant-gm input stage suitable for bipolar or weak inversion CMOS implementation is presented. To achieve rail-to-rail operation, two complementary differential pairs driven in parallel are used. To guarantee constant net transconductance each differential pair is augmented with a suitable biasing circuit. The biasing circuits are implemented without current mirrors, which results in low sensitivity to process variations and potentially higher bandwidth
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; bipolar analogue integrated circuits; differential amplifiers; operational amplifiers; biasing circuit; bipolar implementation; complementary differential pairs; constant net transconductance; rail-to-rail constant-gm input stage; weak inversion CMOS implementation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970263