Title :
Optimizing bias-circuit design of cascode operational amplifier for wide dynamic range operations
Author :
Fukumoto, Takeshi ; Okada, Hiroyuki ; Nakamura, Kazuyuki
Author_Institution :
Silicon Syst. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Proposed here is a bias circuit for use in a cascode operational amplifier to provide a wide output dynamic range. The bias circuit has been designed so that the drain-source voltage of each MOS transistor used in the gain stage is minimized to Vdsat automatically, making it possible to widen the output dynamic range
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; circuit optimisation; low-power electronics; operational amplifiers; MOS transistor; bias circuit design optimization; cascode operational amplifier; drain-source voltage; dynamic range; low-voltage CMOS analog integrated circuit; CMOS technology; Circuits; Design optimization; Dynamic range; MOSFETs; Mirrors; Operational amplifiers; Permission; Silicon; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Low Power Electronics and Design, International Symposium on, 2001.
Conference_Location :
Huntington Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-58113-371-5
DOI :
10.1109/LPE.2001.945423