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Lecture 25 - Differential Amplifiers (I) : 6.012 - Microelectronic Devices and Circuits - Spring 2003 Lecture 25-1
Lecture 25 - Differential Amplifiers (I) : 6.012 - Microelectronic Devices and Circuits - Spring 2003 Lecture 25-1
Lecture 25-1
Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Incremental analysis of dierential amplier 3. Common-source dierential amplier Reading assignment: Howe and Sodini, Ch. 11, 11.1-11.3 Announcement: Final exam: May 23, 1:30-4:30 PM, Walker; open book, calculator required; entire subject under examination but emphasis on lectures #18-26.
Lecture 25-2
Key questions How can one design an amplier that is insensitive to uctuations in device parameters and power supply noise? What are the key gures of merit of a dierential amplier? Is there an ecient way to analyze a dierential amplier?
Lecture 25-3
1. Introduction Three problems in single-transistor amplier stages: Bias and gain sensitive to device parameters (Cox, VT ); sensitivity can be mitigated but often paying price in performance or cost (gain, power, device area, etc.) Vulnerable to ground and power-supply noise (in dense ICs there is cross-talk, 60 Hz coupling, substrate noise, etc.) Many signal sources exhibit common-mode drift that gets amplied.
VDD
+ vIN VSS
+ vOUT -
Lecture 25-4
+ vI -
+ vO -
VSS
Dierential amplier: amplies dierence between two voltages rejects components common to both voltages
Lecture 25-5
RD
i1
i2
RD
VSS
vO responds to dierence of vI s if vI 1 = vI 2 symmetry vO1 = vO2 vO = 0 if vI 1 > vI 2 M1 more ON than M2 i1 > i2 vO1 < vO2 vO < 0 vO insensitive to common mode: if both vO1 and vO2 move in sync, symmetry preserved vO unchanged if ground, VDD , or VSS have noise, symmetry preserved vO unchanged if VT or Cox change, symmetry preserved vO unchanged need precise device matching
Lecture 25-6
vI2 vID 2
vO2
+ vIC -
Distinguish between common mode and dierential mode: vI 1 = vIC + Then: vID = vI 1 vI 2, Similarly at output: vOD vO1 = vOC + , 2 Then: vOD = vO1 vO2 vOC vO 1 + vO 2 = 2 vO 2 vOD = vOC 2 vIC = vI 1 + vI 2 2 vID , 2 vI 2 = vIC vID 2
Lecture 25-7
+ + vo1 -
vod
- + vo2
Figures of merit of interest: Dierential-mode voltage gain (want high): adm vod = vid
Lecture 25-8
Two steps to simplify solution of problem: 1. Use superposition and break into two problems:
common mode + vic + vic + vid 2 differential mode + vid 2
axis of symmetry
Lecture 25-9
a) Dierential-mode analysis:
vid 2
vid 2
vid 2
vid 2
Lecture 25-10
vid 2
Dierential-mode voltage gain: adm In dierential mode: vid vi1 = vi2 = 2 vo 1 = vo 2 Then: 2vo1 vo1 = vid adm = vid 2 vod vo1 vo2 = = vid vi1 vi2
Lecture 25-11
b) Common-mode analysis:
i=0 + vic + vo1 + vo2 half circuit half circuit + vic
no current across
No current across wires connecting two half circuits circuit identical to:
Lecture 25-12
Common-mode voltage gain: acm In common mode, vo 1 = vo 2 Then: acm = vo 1 vic voc = = vic
vo1+vo2 2
vic
Lecture 25-13
RD
i1
i2
RD
VSS
2 Biasing issues: must keep MOSFETs in saturation Upper limit to VI 1 and VI 2: M1 and M2 driven into linear regime: VIC,max = VO1 + VT = VT + VDD RD IBIAS 2
Lecture 25-14
vgs1
-
gm1vgs1
RD vo1
-
vo2
-
RD
gm2vgs2
vgs2
-
vi1 rob
-
vi2
Lecture 25-15
vgs1
-
gm1vgs1
RD
vo1
incremental ground for differential gain
vid 2 2rob
-
= g m1 R D
Lecture 25-16
vgs1
-
gm1vgs1
RD
vo1
incremental open for common-mode gain
vic 2rob
-
vo 1 =
g m1 R D vic 1 + 2gm1rob
Lecture 25-17
RD
i1
i2
RD
VSS
The higher rob, the smaller the change in IBIAS in response to a common-mode signal the smaller the change in v01 and vo2.
Lecture 25-18
Key conclusions In dierential ampliers signal represented by dierence between two voltages. Dierential amplier: amplies dierence between two voltages but rejects common mode noise immunity. Using half-circuit technique, small-signal operation of dierential ampliers is analized by breaking problem into two simpler ones: dierential-mode problem and common-mode problem. Common-mode rejection ratio: important gure of merit of dierential ampliers. Dierential ampliers require good device matching.