Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design

Autores
Miguez, Matias; Gak, Joel; Oliva, Alejandro Raul; Arnaud, Alfredo
Año de publicación
2017
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
In this work, active current mirrors using sensing resistors and a pass transistor in a feedback loop will be examined in detail. First, several non-idealities in this family of circuits, such as offset, noise, output impedance, or bandwidth, are addressed, showing no performance degradation under certain circumstances. Then, the design and measurement results of a 10-μ A (nominal) active current mirror that can operate down to just 80 mV voltage drop are presented. Finally, two simple amplifier stages using classic and active current mirrors are compared, the latter operating almost at a third of the supply voltage. It is possible to conclude that active current mirrors can be a very valuable building block for low-voltage analog circuits.
Fil: Miguez, Matias. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
Fil: Gak, Joel. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
Fil: Oliva, Alejandro Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Arnaud, Alfredo. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
Materia
Active Current Mirror
Analog Circuits
Analog Design
Low Voltage
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acceso abierto
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
title Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
spellingShingle Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
Miguez, Matias
Active Current Mirror
Analog Circuits
Analog Design
Low Voltage
title_short Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
title_full Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
title_fullStr Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
title_full_unstemmed Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
title_sort Active Current Mirrors for Low-Voltage Analog Circuit Design
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miguez, Matias
Gak, Joel
Oliva, Alejandro Raul
Arnaud, Alfredo
author Miguez, Matias
author_facet Miguez, Matias
Gak, Joel
Oliva, Alejandro Raul
Arnaud, Alfredo
author_role author
author2 Gak, Joel
Oliva, Alejandro Raul
Arnaud, Alfredo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Active Current Mirror
Analog Circuits
Analog Design
Low Voltage
topic Active Current Mirror
Analog Circuits
Analog Design
Low Voltage
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this work, active current mirrors using sensing resistors and a pass transistor in a feedback loop will be examined in detail. First, several non-idealities in this family of circuits, such as offset, noise, output impedance, or bandwidth, are addressed, showing no performance degradation under certain circumstances. Then, the design and measurement results of a 10-μ A (nominal) active current mirror that can operate down to just 80 mV voltage drop are presented. Finally, two simple amplifier stages using classic and active current mirrors are compared, the latter operating almost at a third of the supply voltage. It is possible to conclude that active current mirrors can be a very valuable building block for low-voltage analog circuits.
Fil: Miguez, Matias. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
Fil: Gak, Joel. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
Fil: Oliva, Alejandro Raul. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Sur; Argentina
Fil: Arnaud, Alfredo. Universidad Católica del Uruguay; Uruguay
description In this work, active current mirrors using sensing resistors and a pass transistor in a feedback loop will be examined in detail. First, several non-idealities in this family of circuits, such as offset, noise, output impedance, or bandwidth, are addressed, showing no performance degradation under certain circumstances. Then, the design and measurement results of a 10-μ A (nominal) active current mirror that can operate down to just 80 mV voltage drop are presented. Finally, two simple amplifier stages using classic and active current mirrors are compared, the latter operating almost at a third of the supply voltage. It is possible to conclude that active current mirrors can be a very valuable building block for low-voltage analog circuits.
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0278-081X
1531-5878
CONICET Digital
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