Enhanced single-stage folded cascode OTA suitable for large capacitive loads

An enhanced single-stage folded cascode operational transconductance amplifier able to drive large capacitive loads is presented. Circuits that adaptively bias the input differential pair and the current folding stage are employed, which provide class AB operation with dynamic current boosting and i...

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Autores: López Martín, Antonio, Garde Luque, María Pilar, Algueta-Miguel, Jose M., Cruz Blas, Carlos Aristóteles de la, González Carvajal, Ramón, Ramírez-Angulo, Jaime
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/47427
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/47427
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Amplifiers
Analog integrated circuits
CMOS integrated circuits
Class AB circuits
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Sumario:An enhanced single-stage folded cascode operational transconductance amplifier able to drive large capacitive loads is presented. Circuits that adaptively bias the input differential pair and the current folding stage are employed, which provide class AB operation with dynamic current boosting and increased gainbandwidth (GBW) product. Measurement results of a test chip prototype fabricated in a 0.5-µm CMOS process show an increase in slew rate and GBW by a factor of 30 and 15, respectively, versus the class A version using the same supply voltage and bias currents. Overhead in other performance metrics is small.