The performance of switched-capacitor circuits depends highly on the op-amp specifications. In conventional designs, trade-offs in speed, noise, and settling accuracy make it difficult to implement power-efficient switched-capacitor circuits. The problem originates from the inverse relationship between the feedback factor and the signal gain. This thesis proposes the virtual ground reference bu...

An 8-bit 40-MS/s low power Multiplying Digital-toAnalog Converter (MDAC) for a pipelined-to-Analog to Digital converter (ADC) is presented. The conventional dedicated operational amplifier (Op-Amp) is performed by using telescopic architecture that features low power and less-area. Further reduction of power and area is achieved by using multifunction 1.5bit/stage MDAC architecture. The design ...

Transimpedance or current feedback amplifiers are still relatively new to audio applications, since they are pri­ marily designed for video circuits. While the AD846 (an early high-per­ formance example) was successfully used in TAA,1 transimpedance amps may not be completely familiar de­ vices (The AD846 data sheet contains a detailed discussion of transimped­ ance amplifier theory). Interesti...

Figure 1 shows the equivalent circuit of a transimpedance amplifier and a high-impedance source. IS represents the output current of the source. CS is the sum of the source’s output capacitance and the op amp’s input capacitance. RF, with the help of the op amp, converts IS to a voltage. At low frequencies, the op amp’s inverting input is forced to be at ground potential and IS must flow throug...

Abstrtict— A general gain-enhancement technique for operational amplifiers using a replica amplifier is described. Unlike conventional techniques such as cascoding, which increases the gain by increasing the output resistance, the replica-amp technique increases the gain by matching the main and the replica amps. Among the advantages of the replica-amp technique are low supply, high swing, and ...

48 Abstract— There has been significant development in the circuit implementation of current conveyors as a key element because of its low voltage low power characteristics and wide dynamic operating range.The current conveyor agreements numerous benefits over the conventional Op-Amp. Unambiguously the current conveyor circuit can arrange for a higher voltage gain over a larger signal bandwidth...

The paper describes a case study of new 12-bit low power switched-capacitor (SC) ADC for portable applications. The paper is focused on block design of ADC and its behavioural modelling regarding low power consumption. It is reached by Op-Amp sharing technique utilisation. The basic block topology design is outlined too. The cancellation techniques for avoiding of capacitor mismatch, clock feed...

Before venturing further on the design of our operational amplifier, the first line of business is to determine the optimal topology for the given specifications. The factor that clearly stands out is the high dynamic range requirement of 85 db. Several topologies are given for this task, among these telescopic op-amp is selected. Compensation techniques are used with two stage topology of tele...

Operational amplifiers are an integral part of many analog and mixed signal systems. As the demand for mixed mode integrated circuits increases, the design of analog circuits such as operational amplifiers in CMOS technology becomes more critical. This paper presents a two stage CMOS operational amplifier, which operates at ±1.8V power supply using TSMC 0.18um CMOS technology. The OP-AMP design...

The paper deals with a new 12-bit low power switched-capacitor (SC) ADC for portable applications, such PDA, notebook etc. The paper describes design of ADC and its behavioural modelling regarding low power consumption. The Op-Amp sharing technique and capacitor scaling approach are utilized to obtain it. The basic block topology design is outlined too. The cancellation techniques to avoid the ...