Title :
A true low-voltage CMOS class AB current mirror
Author :
Palmisano, G. ; Pennisi, S.
Author_Institution :
DEES, Catania Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The authors present a CMOS class AB current mirror which adopts an innovative dynamic biasing approach. Due to it, a minimum power supply is required which is given by one threshold voltage plus two saturation voltages. The excellent performance of the circuit is confirmed by simulations on a design example implemented in a standard 0.8 μm CMOS technology. The circuit uses a 1.2 V supply and the threshold voltages of transistors are around 0.8 V
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; current mirrors; linear network analysis; low-power electronics; 0.8 V; 0.8 micron; 1.2 V; CMOS current mirror; LV operation; circuit analysis; class-AB current mirror; dynamic biasing approach; low-voltage current mirror; minimum power supply; saturation voltages; threshold voltage; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Circuit topology; Mirrors; Operational amplifiers; Power supplies; Switches; Threshold voltage; Variable structure systems;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5482-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2000.858735
