Title :
A BiCMOS cell with applications to highly linear analog transconductor realizations
Author :
Khachab, Nabil I. ; Al-Saqer, Abdulaziz ; Varghese, Joji G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kuwait Univ., Safat, Kuwait
Abstract :
A basic six-transistor cell comprising of a MOST input and tuning stage, in addition to a bipolar current mirror and source stage has been presented. This overall BiCMOS setup functions with high linearity at reduced power supplies and has been configured for voltage programmable transconductor applications. Simulation results confirm the high performance operation of the proposed Voltage to Current Converters (VIC´s)
Keywords :
BiCMOS analogue integrated circuits; analogue processing circuits; circuit tuning; convertors; linearisation techniques; BiCMOS cell; MOST input stage; MOST tuning stage; bipolar current mirror; bipolar source stage; high performance operation; highly linear analog transconductor; six-transistor cell; voltage programmable transconductor applications; voltage to current converters; Application software; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Impedance; Linearity; MOSFETs; Mirrors; Threshold voltage; Transconductance; Transconductors; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1996. ISCAS '96., Connecting the World., 1996 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3073-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.1996.539892
