Design and modelling of CMOS operational amplifiers.

by Chung-Yuk Or.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-[98]).Abstract also in Chinese.Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 2 --- Fully Differential CMOS Operational Amplifier Design --- p.4Chapter 2.1 --- Wide-Swing Current Mirror --- p.5Chapter 2.2 --- Wide-Swing Biasing Network --- p.8Chapter 2.3 --- Fully differential folded-cascode operational amplifier --- p.13Chapter 2.3.1 --- Small-Signal Analysis --- p.16Chapter 2.4 --- Gain-boost technique --- p.18Chapter 2.4.1 --- Frequency Response --- p.24Chapter 2.5 --- Common-Mode Feedback Network --- p.26Chapter 2.5.1 --- Continuous-Time CMFB Circuit --- p.27Chapter 2.5.2 --- Discrete-Time CMFB circuit --- p.33Chapter 2.6 --- Design Flow of the Operational Amplifier --- p.35Chapter 3 --- Physical Design of the Operational Amplifier --- p.39Chapter 3.1 --- Layout Level Design --- p.40Chapter 3.2 --- Layout Techniques --- p.42Chapter 3.3 --- Input Protection Circuitry --- p.47Chapter 4 --- Simulation Results --- p.49Chapter 4.1 --- Simulation of the Operational Amplifier --- p.49Chapter 4.2 --- Simulation of Auxiliary Amplifiers --- p.57Chapter 4.3 --- Simulation of the Common-Mode Feedback Circuit --- p.62Chapter 5 --- Measurement Results --- p.70Chapter 5.1 --- Transient Response Measurement --- p.70Chapter 5.2 --- Frequency Response Measurement --- p.74Chapter 5.3 --- Power Consumption Measurement --- p.78Chapter 5.4 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.81Chapter 6 --- Layout Driven Operational Amplifiers Macromodelling --- p.82Chapter 6.1 --- Motivations --- p.83Chapter 6.2 --- Methodology --- p.84Chapter 6.3 --- Macromodelling the operational amplifier --- p.85Chapter 6.4 --- Simulation Results --- p.88Chapter 6.5 --- Conclusions --- p.92Chapter 7 --- Conclusions --- p.93Bibliography --- p.95A Layout Diagrams and Chip Micrograph --- p.9