• DocumentCode
    892600
  • Title

    Adaptive biasing CMOS amplifiers

  • Author

    Degrauwe, Marc G. ; Rijmenants, Jozef ; Vittoz, Eric A. ; De Man, Hugo J.

  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    522
  • Lastpage
    528
  • Abstract
    Two transconductance amplifiers are presented in which the concept of an input dependent bias current has been introduced. As a result, these amplifiers combine a very low standby power dissipation with a high driving capability. The first amplifier, suited for SC filters, is fairly small (0.075 mm/SUP 2/) and has a slew rate which is more than an order of magnitude better than micropower amplifiers presented earlier. The second amplifier can be used as a micropower buffer. Nearly the whole supply current is used to charge the load capacitor so that this amplifier has a high efficiency.
  • Keywords
    Amplifiers; Field effect integrated circuits; Linear integrated circuits; amplifiers; field effect integrated circuits; linear integrated circuits; Capacitors; Current supplies; Differential amplifiers; Filters; High power amplifiers; Inverters; Power dissipation; Pulse amplifiers; Strontium; Transconductance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1982.1051769
  • Filename
    1051769