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A New Family of CMOS Cascode-Free Amplifiers with High Energy-Efficiency and Improved Gain

  • Introduces a new family of CMOS cascode-free amplifiers with high energy-efficiency and improved gain;
  • Describes innovative circuit topologies: the Voltage-Combiners biased OTA (supplied by a 3.3 V source); the Voltage-Combiners biased OTA with Current Starving, for higher gain and energy-efficiency (supplied by a 3.3 V source); the Folded Voltage-Combiners biased OTA (supplied by sources from 1.2 V to 0.9 V); and a Dynamic Voltage-Combiners biased OTA, for high performance analog-to-digital converters (supplied by a 1.2 V source);
  • Enables readers to reach better results than what is achievable with classic single-stage folded-cascode amplifiers, with state-of-the-art results in the context of dynamically biased amplifiers;

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 1-5
  3. Background and State of the Art

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 7-44
  4. Proposed Family of CMOS Amplifiers

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 45-84
  5. Design Optimization and Results

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 85-114
  6. Integrated Prototypes and Experimental Evaluation

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 115-132
  7. Conclusions and Future Prospects

    • Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta
    Pages 133-135
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 137-141

About this book

This book addresses the need for energy-efficient amplifiers, providing gain enhancement strategies, suitable to run in parallel with lower supply voltages, by introducing a new family of single-stage cascode-free amplifiers, with proper design, optimization, fabrication and experimental evaluation.  The authors describe several topologies, using the UMC 130 nm CMOS technology node with standard-VT devices, for proof-of-concept, achieving results far beyond what is achievable with a classic single-stage folded-cascode amplifier.  Readers will learn about a new family of circuits with a broad range of applications, together with the familiarization with a state-of-the-art electronic design automation methodology used to explore the design space of the proposed circuit family.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta

  • UNINOVA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    João Carlos da Palma Goes

About the authors

Ricardo F. S. Póvoa is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Integrated Circuits Group, within the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal.

João C. da Palma Goes is a Professor at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.

Nuno C. G. Horta is a Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, and a Senior Researcher in the Integrated Circuits Group, within the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Lisboa, Portugal.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A New Family of CMOS Cascode-Free Amplifiers with High Energy-Efficiency and Improved Gain

  • Authors: Ricardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes, Nuno Cavaco Gomes Horta

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95207-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-95206-2Published: 21 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06992-6Published: 31 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-95207-9Published: 10 August 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 141

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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