• DocumentCode
    824540
  • Title

    Compact power-efficient class-AB CMOS exponential voltage to voltage converter

  • Author

    De La Cruz-Blas, C.A. ; López-Martín, A.J. ; Ramirez-Angulo, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Public Univ. of Navarra, Spain
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    127
  • Lastpage
    128
  • Abstract
    A novel implementation of a rail-to-rail exponential voltage to voltage converter is presented. It is based on a pseudo-exponential approximation that is easily achieved by the nonlinear currents of a class-AB transconductor. Measurement results for a 0.5 μm CMOS technology show a 52 dB output voltage range with linearity error less than ±2 dB using a dual supply voltage of ±750 mV. The power dissipation is less than 40 μW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; convertors; operational amplifiers; 0.5 micron; 750 mV; class-AB CMOS voltage to voltage converter; class-AB transconductor; dual supply voltage; exponential voltage to voltage converter; nonlinear currents; pseudo-exponential approximation; rail-to-rail voltage to voltage converter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20063667
  • Filename
    1593281