A HIGH-SWING, HIGH-IMPEDANCE MOS CASCODE CIRCUIT

被引:314
作者
SACKINGER, E [1 ]
GUGGENBUHL, W [1 ]
机构
[1] SWISS FED INST TECHNOL,ELECTR LAB,CH-8092 ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
关键词
Electronic Circuits - Semiconductor Devices; MOS;
D O I
10.1109/4.50316
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
— A simple cascode circuit with the gate voltage of the cascode transistor being controlled by a feedback amplifier, and thus named a “regulated cascode,” is presented. In comparison to the standard cascode circuit, the minimum output voltage is lower by about 30 to 60 percent while the output conductance and the feedback capacitance are lower by about 100 times. An analytical large-signal, small-signal, and noise analysis is carried out. Some applications like current mirrors and voltage amplifiers are discussed. Finally, experimental results confirming the theory are presented. © 1990 IEEE
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页码:289 / 298
页数:10
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