Two-stage class-AB OTA with enhanced DC gain and slew rate. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Anisheh, Seyed Mahmoud; Shamsi, Hossein
• Is Part Of: International journal of electronics letters. Volume 5:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 438
• Page End: 448
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Operational trans-conductance amplifier -- class-AB OTAs -- DC gain -- slew rate -- post-layout simulation; Electronics -- Periodicals; Electronics; Periodicals; 621.38105
• DOI: 10.1080/21681724.2016.1253780
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2168-1732

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article proposes a new two-stage class-AB operational trans-conductance amplifier (OTA). In this OTA, the characteristics of class-AB are applied in both of the stages. By increasing the effective trans-conductance of the first stage, DC gain is improved. Non-linear current mirror boosts the current of the second stage; therefore, slew rate (SR) is increased. In order to verify the performance of the proposed OTA, some simulations are carried out in a 0.18-μm CMOS process in which the supply voltage is 1.8 V. The simulation results indicate 21-dB enhancement in DC gain and 2.7 times improvement in SR compared to its conventional counterpart. The post-layout and Monte Carlo simulations show the proposed OTA has better performance than the state-of-the art designs.