CMOS low-voltage indirect current feedback instrumentation amplifiers with improved performance

Date

2020

Authors

Carrillo, Juan M.
Domínguez, Miguel Á.
Pérez Aloe, Raquel
Duque Carrillo, J. Francisco

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IEEE
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

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Abstract

Indirect current feedback (ICF) is a very common operation principle used in the design of CMOS instrumentation amplifiers (IA). The input and output transconductors required in an ICF IA usually consist on resistive-degenerated simple differential pairs. In this contribution conventional source-follower (SF) structures used in IA transconductors are replaced by flippedvoltage-follower (FVF) and super-source-follower (SSF) cells, respectively. As a result, the overall performance and efficiency of the IA is enhanced with a minimum cost. The principle of operation governing CMRR is also analyzed and its behavior is confirmed by means of extensive simulations. A single-stage IA with a fixed voltage gain equal to 10 V/V has been designed in 0.35-μm standard CMOS technology to operate with 1.8 V supply. Simulation results show improved metrics in terms of voltage gain accuracy, while the overall performance of the IA is comparable to other contributions in the literature.

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Keywords

Instrumentation amplifiers, Indirect current feedback, Enhanced voltage follower, Source degeneration, Resistive sensor

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Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren

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J. M. Carrillo, M. A. Domínguez, R. Pérez-Aloe, J. F. Duque-Carrillo and C. A. de la Cruz, 'CMOS Low-Voltage Indirect Current Feedback Instrumentation Amplifiers With Improved Performance,' 2019 26th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Genoa, Italy, 2019, pp. 262-265, doi: 10.1109/ICECS46596.2019.8964811.

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