A Differential Active Load and its Applications in CMOS Analog Circuit Designs

Author Info

Vladimir I. Prodanov, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NYFollow
Michael M. Green, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Recommended Citation

Published in Transactions on Circuits and Systems-II, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 1, 1997, pages 265-273.

NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Vladimir Prodanov was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/82.566643.

Abstract

In this paper we describe a CMOS differential active load and show how it can be used to create various useful structures. Tunable current gain stages and current squaring circuits are discussed. Their connection to a differential pairbased transconductor results in broad-range tunable transconductor structures suitable for adaptive continuous-time filtering applications and a four-quadrant voltage multiplier.

Disciplines

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Copyright

1997 IEEE.

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