Evaluation of compensation techniques for CMOS operational amplifier design

Muhaned Zaidi, Ian Grout, Abu Khari A'Ain

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Abstract

This paper presents and compares two CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) operational amplifier (op-amp) designs. Each op-amp is based on a two-stage rail-to-rail output where the first stage is a differential input with folded cascode and the second stage forms a class-AB amplifier. Each opamp design incorporates different compensation techniques. The first op-amp uses negative Miller compensation around the first stage and conventional Miller compensation is used around the second stage. The second op-amp also utilizes negative Miller around the first stage, but with indirect Miller between the output node of the second stage and cascode node of the first stage. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the DC gain, unity gain frequency (UGF) and phase margin (PM) achieved using the different compensation techniques in simulation and test results from physical prototype devices using a 0.35 μm CMOS technology when operating on a single rail +2.5V and +1.8 V power supply.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICICDT 2018 - International Conference on IC Design and Technology, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5-8
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538625491
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2018
Event2018 International Conference on IC Design and Technology, ICICDT 2018 - Otranto, Italy
Duration: 4 Jun 20186 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameICICDT 2018 - International Conference on IC Design and Technology, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2018 International Conference on IC Design and Technology, ICICDT 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityOtranto
Period4/06/186/06/18

Keywords

  • CMOS amplifier
  • indirect Miller
  • Miller compensation
  • negative Miller
  • Rail-to-rail output

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