Differential amplifier

Ankesh Jain IIT Delhi

Ankesh Jain

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

India, 110016
 External Interference 2

§ Noise is undesired information

§ It affects the operation of signal
processing
§ Noise can be internal to circuit
or external
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How to deal with external
interferences?
§ Differential signaling is used
 Pseudo differential circuit 3

Vdd

R R
Vom Vop
Vcm+vd Vcm-vd

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§ Inverted signal is applied to replica of same circuit
§ Common mode signal is needed to bias the circuit
§ Differential input is difference of two applied inputs
§ Differential output is difference of the two outputs
§ Noise(Common mode) also gets processed
§ Eats up signal swing
 Common Mode and differential mode 4

§ Common mode signal

§ signal applied in equal magnitude and same polarity
§ Differential mode signal
§ signal applied in equal magnitude but opposite polarity
§ Output of common mode and differential mode is analyzed
separately
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R R R R R R
Vom Vop Vom1 Vop1 Vom2 Vop2
Vcm+vd Vcm-vd Vcm Vcm Vd -Vd

Common Mode Differential Mode

 Common mode half circuit 5

Vdd

R R R
Vom1 Vop1 Vom1
Vcm Vcm Vcm

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§ For common mode circuit

§ Circuit is symmetric about line of symmetry (dashed line)
§ Corresponding output signals for same input will be same
§ Vom = Vop
§ Only half part of circuit can provide all the information
 Differential mode half circuit 6

Vdd Vdd

R R R
Vod -Vod -Vod
Vd -Vd Vd

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§ For differential mode circuit

§ Circuit is symmetric about line of symmetry (dashed line)
§ Signals are antisymmetric
§ Only half part of circuit can provide all the information
 Pseudo differential circuit 7

Vdd

R R
Vom Vop
Vcm+vd Vcm-vd

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§ Noise(Common mode) also gets processed

§ Eats up signal swing
 Differential circuit 8

Vdd Vdd Vdd

R R R R
Vom Vop Vocm Vod
Vcm+vd Vcm-vd Vcm Vd

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§ Its common mode gain is zero

§ Its differential gain is −𝑔𝑚𝑅
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