Advances on CMOS Folded-Cascode Operational Transconductance
In this paper, a tutorial review on several structural improvements of the CMOS folded-cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) is presented. After a brief discussion on the structure and operation of the conventional Folded-Cascode Amplifier, its several architectural improvements are r...
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| Language: | English |
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Amirkabir University of Technology
2022-12-01
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| Series: | AUT Journal of Electrical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | https://eej.aut.ac.ir/article_4905_40fdf848424256dcc7e1f2eb709c9d89.pdf |
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| Summary: | In this paper, a tutorial review on several structural improvements of the CMOS folded-cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifier (OTA) is presented. After a brief discussion on the structure and operation of the conventional Folded-Cascode Amplifier, its several architectural improvements are reviewed. These improvements include advances on class A and class AB Folded-Cascode Amplifier s and recycling Folded-Cascode Amplifier. Afterwards, several improved class A and class AB recycling folded-cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifiers are discussed, and finally some two-stage Operational Transconductance Amplifiers based on the current recycling technique are reviewed. As it can be seen, many architectural innovations have been proposed to improve both small-signal parameters, including DC gain, unity-gain bandwidth, phase margin, and large-signal operation, which is usually characterized by slew rate in the proposed OTAs compared to the basic Folded-Cascode Amplifier. Current recycling, shunt current sources, cross-coupled transistors to realize local positive feedback paths, local Common-Mode Feedback, Flipped Voltage Follower cells to realize class AB operation, active current mirrors, and several other techniques have been utilized in the structural improvements of the basic folded-cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifier. The achieved results are more promising and demonstrate substantial achievements in the design of Operational Transconductance Amplifiers in low-voltage and more scaled nano-meter CMOS processes. |
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| ISSN: | 2588-2910 2588-2929 |