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High-Performance CMOS Current Mirrors: Application to Linear Voltage-to-Current Converter Used for Two-Stage Operational Amplifier
Department of Electrical Engineering Electronics, Micro-Technology and Communication (EMC) Research Group Sfax (ENIS), Uni-versity of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Department of Electrical Engineering Electronics, Micro-Technology and Communication (EMC) Research Group Sfax (ENIS), Uni-versity of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
- 1 Department of Electrical Engineering Electronics, Micro-Technology and Communication (EMC) Research Group Sfax (ENIS), Uni-versity of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
- 2 Department of Electrical Engineering Electronics, Micro-Technology and Communication (EMC) Research Group Sfax (ENIS), Uni-versity of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Circuits and Systems·Volume 03 (2012)·Pages 311–316·Published 30 October 2012·DOI10.4236/cs.2012.34044
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Abstract
This paper presents two schemes of high performance CMOS current mirror, one of them is used for operational tran-sconductance amplifier (OTA) in analog VLSI systems. The linearity, output impedance, bandwidth and accuracy are the most parameters to determine the performance of the current mirror. Here a comparison of two architectures based on same architecture of the amplifier is presented. This comparison includes: linearity, output impedance, bandwidth and accuracy. These two circuits are validated with simulation in technology AMS 0.35 μm. An operational amplifier based on the adapted current mirror is proposed. Its frequency analysis with large bandwidth is validated with the same technology.
KeywordsAnalog CircuitsCurrent SourceCurrent MirrorLow VoltageOperational Transconductance Amplifier
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