Analog CMOS Integrated Circuit Design

Opamp Design
References: “Analog Integrated Circuit Design” by D. Johns and K. Martin
and “Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits” by B. Razavi
All figures in this set of slides are taken from the above books

Dr. Jawdat Abu-Taha

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Islamic University of Gaza
jtaha@iugaza.edu.ps
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 General Considerations
• Gain
• Small-signal bandwidth
• Large-signal performance
• Output swing
• Input common-mode range
• Linearity
• Noise/offset
• Supply rejection

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One-Stage Op Amps

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One-Stage Op Amp in Unity Gain
Configuration

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Cascode Op Amps

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Unity Gain One Stage Cascode

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Folded Cascode Op Amps

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Folded Cascode Stages

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Folded Cascode (cont.)

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Folded Cascode (cont.)

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Telescopic versus Folded Cascode

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Example Folded-Cascode Op Amp

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Single-Ended Output Cascode Op Amps

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Triple Cascode

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Output Impedance Enhancement

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Gain Boosting in Cascode Stage

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 Differential Gain Boosting

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 Differential Gain Boosting

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 Differential Gain Boosting

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 Two-Stage Op Amps

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 Single-Ended Output Two-Stage Op Amp

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Two-Stage CMOS Opamp
Two-Stage CMOS Opamp Example

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Gain of the Opamp

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Gain of the Opamp

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Frequency Response

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Frequency Response

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Frequency Response

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Frequency Response

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Slew Rate

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Slew Rate

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Slew Rate

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Systematic Offset Voltage

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Systematic Offset Voltage

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N-Channel versus P-Channel Input Stage

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Feedback and Opamp Compensation

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Stable and Unstable Systems

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Time-domain response of a feedback system

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One-pole system

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Multi-pole system

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Phase Margin

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Phase Margin

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Phase Margin (Cont.)

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Phase Margin (Cont.)

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Phase Margin (Cont.)

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Frequency Compensation

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Telescopic Opamp (single-ended) -example

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 Compensation (Cont.)

• Assume we need a phase margin of 45o (usually

inadequate) and other non-dominant poles are at high
frequency.

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Compensation of a two-stage opamp

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Compensating Two-Stage Opamps

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Compensating Two-Stage Opamps

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Compensating Two-Stage Opamps

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Design Procedure

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Design Procedure

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Design Procedure

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Process and Temperature Independence

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Process and Temperature Independence

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Process and Temperature Independence

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Stable Transconductance Biasing

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Stable Transconductance Biasing

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