Power-Efficient Recycling Folded Cascode Operational Transconductance Amplifier Based on Nested Local Feedback and Adaptive Biasing
Chunkai Wu, Peng Cai, Jinghu Li, Jin Xie, Zhicong Luo
TL;DR
This paper introduces a new operational amplifier design that improves efficiency and response time using adaptive biasing and feedback techniques.
Contribution
The novel ERFC OTA combines adaptive biasing with nested local feedback to significantly enhance performance metrics like slew rate and gain-bandwidth.
Findings
The ERFC OTA achieves a 120-fold increase in slew rate compared to traditional RFC OTAs.
The proposed design provides a 5.95-fold improvement in gain–bandwidth (GBW).
The ERFC OTA achieves an impressive figure of merit (FoM) of 130.04 (V/μs)·pF/μA.
Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel enhanced recycling folded cascode (ERFC) operational transconductance amplifier (OTA), which exhibits high efficiency and a fast transient response under weak inversion. Our innovative combination of adaptive biasing with nested local feedback (ABNLF) effectively enhances the input transconductance and slew rate (SR), thus improving the transient response. By incorporating coupling capacitors at the output stage, we achieve a stable operating region with large signal responses. Both the traditional RFC OTA and the proposed ERFC OTA were designed in a 0.18 μm CMOS process, operating at a power supply of 1.8 V, with quiescent currents of 8 μA and 10.4 μA, respectively. Post-layout simulations reveal a remarkable enhancement in the proposed ERFC OTA over the traditional RFC OTA, with the SR and gain–bandwidth (GBW) surging by 120- and 5.95-fold,…
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TopicsAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design · Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design · CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors