An outside-rail opamp design targeting for future scaled transistors

Koichi Ishida, Atit Tamtrakarn, Takayasu Sakurai, Hiroki Ishikuro

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Abstract

An outside-rail output opamp targeting for future scaled MOSFETs is designed and the 3-V-output operation is successfully verified using 1.8-V standard CMOS process. This is the first experimental verification of an outside-rail opamp design which shows area advantage over un-scaled and insiderail design while keeping signal-to-noise ratio and gain bandwidth constant. The proposed opamp realizes 3-V output swing without gate-oxide stress although implemented in a 1.8V 0.18-μm standard CMOS process. The chip area is estimated to be 47% of the conventional opamp using a 0.35-μm CMOS and about an order of magnitude smaller compared with the conventional inside-rail 0.18-mμ CMOS design due to reduced capacitor area.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, ASSCC 2005
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages73-76
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780391624, 9780780391628
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event1st IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, ASSCC 2005 - Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: 2005 Nov 12005 Nov 3

Publication series

Name2005 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, ASSCC 2005

Other

Other1st IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, ASSCC 2005
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityHsinchu
Period05/11/105/11/3

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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