IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
Online ISSN : 1745-1337
Print ISSN : 0916-8508
Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms
An Ultra-Low-Voltage, Wide Signal Swing, and Clock-Scalable Dynamic Amplifier Using a Common-Mode Detection Technique
James LINMasaya MIYAHARAAkira MATSUZAWA
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2014 Volume E97.A Issue 12 Pages 2400-2410

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This paper proposes an ultra-low-voltage, wide signal swing, and clock-scalable differential dynamic amplifier using a common-mode voltage detection technique. The essential characteristics of an amplifier, such as gain, linearity, power consumption, noise, etc., are analyzed. In measurement, the proposed dynamic amplifier achieves a 13dB gain with less than 1dB drop over a differential output signal swing of 340mVpp with a supply voltage of 0.5V. The attained maximum operating frequency is 700MHz. With a 0.7V supply, the gain increases to 16dB with a signal swing of 700mVpp. The prototype amplifier is fabricated in 90nm CMOS technology with the low threshold voltage and the deep N-well options.

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