Title : 
A compact linearly tunable low voltage triode OTA using self-cascodes
         
        
            Author : 
Hizon, John Richard E ; Rodriguez-Villegas, Esther
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng, Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A new triode OTA suited for low voltage high frequency applications is proposed. Based on the core Enz´ OTA, self-cascodes are utilized to increase its operating frequency. Designed in an AMS 0.35μm CMOS process, simulation results show that the circuit attained a bandwidth of 78MHz. It also provides an SFDR of 73 dB for a 1MHz, 1.1VPP differential input. A wide gm tuning range of 9 is also achieved enhancing the suitability of the OTA for programmable filters in multi-standard receivers.
         
        
            Keywords : 
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; HF amplifiers; bandwidth allocation; low-power electronics; operational amplifiers; programmable filters; triodes; AMS; CMOS process; SFDR; bandwidth; bandwidth 78 MHz; compact linearly tunable low voltage triode OTA; core Enz´ OTA; differential input; frequency 1 MHz; low voltage high frequency applications; multistandard receivers; noise figure 73 dB; operating frequency; programmable filters; self-cascodes; size 0.35 mum; wide tuning range; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Low voltage; Power demand; Transconductance; Transistors; Tuning;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Seoul
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-0218-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISCAS.2012.6272058