Double Recycling Folded Cascode Op-Amp Using Feed-Forward Capacitor Coupling Driving
Subject Areas : electrical and computer engineering
Mohammad R.
1
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Ali Ali Khamesi Naeini
2
1 - Civil Aviation Technology College
2 -
Keywords: Recycling folded cascode, DC voltage gain, unity-gain frequency, slew rate,
Abstract :
A double recycling Op-Amp based on a simple recycling folded cascode Op-Amp is presented. The proposed Op-Amp has significantly improved performance compared to a recycling folded cascode. In the proposed Op-Amp, those cascode output current sources of recycling folded cascode that still have a constant value have been considered and have taken on a dynamic state through capacitive couplings in the path created between the input and output of the amplifier. DC gain, unity-gain bandwidth, and slew rate have been improved compared to the previous amplifier at the same power consumption. Simulation results using the 0.18μm CMOS technology show a DC gain enhancement of 6dB, 35% improvement in slew rate, and almost a 30% increase the bandwidth compared to the traditional recycling folded cascode Op-Amp. Also, smaller input-referred noise is achieved. Simulated results of proposed circuit show the values of SR, power consumption and DC gain are about 93.5 V/µs, 1.02mW and 68.3 dB respectively.
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