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Universal adaptive biasing principle for micropower amplifiers

Seevinck et al., 1984

Document ID
6602699775547851718
Author
Seevinck E
Wassenaar R
de Jager W
Publication year
Publication venue
ESSCIRC'84: Tenth European Solid-State Circuits Conference

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An adaptive biasing principle for differential stages is described according to which the tail current is made input-signal dependent through negative-feedback control. The control is based on a criterion which results in an optimal combination of low power consumption and …
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H03BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03FAMPLIFIERS
    • H03F3/00Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
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    • H03F3/45071Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only
    • H03F3/45076Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier
    • H03F3/45179Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier using MOSFET transistors as the active amplifying circuit
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    • H03F3/45076Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier
    • H03F3/45278Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of implementation of the active amplifying circuit in the differential amplifier using BiFET transistors as the active amplifying circuit
    • H03F3/45282Long tailed pairs
    • H03F3/45291Folded cascode stages
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    • H03F3/45479Differential amplifiers with semiconductor devices only characterised by the way of common mode signal rejection
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    • H03F3/00Amplifiers with only discharge tubes or only semiconductor devices as amplifying elements
    • H03F3/30Single-ended push-pull [SEPP] amplifiers; Phase-splitters therefor
    • H03F3/3001Single-ended push-pull [SEPP] amplifiers; Phase-splitters therefor with field-effect transistors
    • H03F3/3022CMOS common source output SEPP amplifiers
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    • H03F2203/45Indexing scheme relating to differential amplifiers
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    • H03F1/00Details of amplifiers with only discharge tubes, only semiconductor devices or only unspecified devices as amplifying elements
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G05CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05FSYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G05F3/00Non-retroactive systems for regulating electric variables by using an uncontrolled element, or an uncontrolled combination of elements, such element or such combination having self-regulating properties
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    • G05F3/242Regulating voltage or current wherein the variable is dc using uncontrolled devices with non-linear characteristics being semiconductor devices using diode- transistor combinations wherein the transistors are of the field-effect type only with compensation for device parameters, e.g. channel width modulation, threshold voltage, processing, or external variations, e.g. temperature, loading, supply voltage

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