Publication:
AC amplifiers with ultra-low corner frequency by using bootstrapping

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Date

2021

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Publisher

Institution of Engineering and Technology
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa

Project identifier

ES/1PE/TEC2016-80396-C2-1-R
AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-107258RB-C32/ES/

Abstract

A novel architecture for an AC (i.e. high-pass) amplifier is proposed allowing a drastic reduction of the cutoff frequency to the sub-Hertz range. It builds upon the classic AC configuration with a high gain amplifier and a parallel RC circuit in the feedback loop, by increasing the feedback resistance through bootstrapping. Resistance multiplying factors higher than four orders of magnitude are easily achievable. The basic principle can be applied to several practical implementations, though in this letter it is demonstrate with measurement results of an op-amp based discrete implementation.

Keywords

AC amplifier, Bootstrapping, High-pass amplifier, Analog integrated circuits

Department

Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica / Institute of Smart Cities - ISC / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren

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Funding entities

This work was financially supported by the following grants from the Spanish Research Agency: TEC2016-80396-C2-1-R and PID2019-107258RB-C32 (AEI/FEDER). M.Martincorena Arraiza was funded by the Ministry of Universities under grant BES-2017-080418.

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