Low-voltage differential voltage follower for WTA and fully differential applications

A low-voltage differential version of a high performance voltage follower is presented. The proposed circuit is very compact, and symmetric with respect to the input devices. Both differential input devices are enhanced by local shunt feedback, increasing the gain and, thus, reducing the output resi...

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Autor: ALEJANDRO DIAZ SANCHEZ
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/2065
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2065
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Analog CMOS integrated circuits
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Winner-take-all (WTA) analog circuits
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/220307
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Sumario:A low-voltage differential version of a high performance voltage follower is presented. The proposed circuit is very compact, and symmetric with respect to the input devices. Both differential input devices are enhanced by local shunt feedback, increasing the gain and, thus, reducing the output resistance for higher precision. The circuit has proved useful as a winner-take-all (WTA) circuit. It also features operation as a fully differential amplifier with low supply voltage requirements close to a transistor's threshold voltage. Experimental results verifying the operation of the proposed structure are provided.