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Passive and Active Current Mirrors-Chapter - 05
Passive and Active Current Mirrors-Chapter - 05
Techniques
5.1 Basic Current Mirrors
5.2 Cascode Current Mirrors
5.3 Active Current Mirrors
5.4 Biasing Techniques
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Basic Current Mirrors
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Conceptual means of copying currents
• Use of a reference to
generate various currents.
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Sizing Issues
• Gain=
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Cascode Current Mirrors
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First Approach
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Example
• sketch VX and VY as a
function of IREF. If
IREF requires 0.5 V to
operate as a current
source, what is its
maximum value?
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Example
• the minimum allowable voltage
at node P is equal to
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Approach summary
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Second Approach
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Small signal Model
• Reduces to 1/gm in the
absence of channel-length
modulation.
• Thus, from a small-signal
point of view, the
combination is close to a
diode-connected device.
• But
(1) It may be difficult to
guarantee that
(2) The generation of
is not straightforward.
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Generate Vb
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Generate Vb
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Another circuit topology
• In this case
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How to generate Vb
• In figure (a)
• Some inaccuracy nevertheless arises because M5
does not suffer from body effect whereas M0 does.
• Also, the magnitude of R6*I1 is not well-controlled.
• A simpler alternative is shown in Fig(b)
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Example
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Active Current Mirrors
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Quick Calculation
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Second Approach
• We calculate Vp /Vin and Vout/Vp
• Caculate Vout/Vp
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Differential Pair with Active Load
• The small-signal draincurrent of M1
is “wasted.”
• It is desirable to utilize this current
with proper polarity at the output.
• This can be accomplished by the
five-transistor OTA.
• M3 enhances the gain.
• The five-transistor OTA is also called
a differential pair with active load.
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Large-Signal Analysis
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Example
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Approximate Analysis
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Calculation of Rout
• For
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Exact Analysis
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Common-Mode Properties
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CMRR
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Effect of Mismatches
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Other Properties
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Other Properties
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Biasing Techniques
• Simple CS Stage
• How do we ensure that VB does not “fight” Vin?
• Couple Vin capacitively and establish a high
impedance for VB.
• Node X in Fig (b) must have a dc path to a voltage.
• The bias voltage must be generated by a diode-
connected device
• Typically select IB about one-tenth to one-fifth of ID1
so as to minimize the power.
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Biasing Using a MOSFET
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CS Stage with Current-Source
Load
• Select
• We can draw a constant current of IG from RG, so
that Vout is higher.
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Example
• Compare the maximum
allowable voltage swings.
• In Fig (c), the up-swing
cannot reach its maximum.
• In Fig. 5.45(d), on the other
hand, IGRG can shift the
operating point such that the
down-swing and the up-
swing are approximately
equal.
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Complementary CS Stage
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CG Biasing
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Source Follower Biasing
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Use of SF
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Differential Pair Biasing