GBOPCAD: A Synthesis Tool for High-Performance Gain-Boosted Opamp Design

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doublet
equation based
gain boost
gain-boosted opamp
computer-aided design (GBOPCAD)
global optimum
stability
high-speed opamp
opamp synthesis
sample/hold (S/H)
front-end
simulated annealing (SA)
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A systematic design methodology for high-performance gain-boosted opamps (GBOs) is presented. The methodology allows the optimization of the GBO in terms of ac response and settling performance and is incorporated into an automatic computer-aided design (CAD) tool, called GBOPCAD. Analytic equations and heuristics are first used by GBOPCAD to obtain a sizing solution close to the global optimum. Then, simulated annealings are used by GBOPCAD to find the global optimum. A sample opamp is designed by this tool in a 0.6-μm CMOS process. It achieves a dc gain of 80 dB, a unity-gain bandwidth of 836 MHz with 60o phase margin and a 0.0244% settling time of 5 ns. The sample/hold front-end of a 12-bit 50-MSample/s analog–digital converter was implemented with this opamp. It achieves a signal-to-noise ratio of 81.9 dB for a 8.1-MHz input signal.

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2005-08-01
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Copyright 2005 IEEE. Reprinted from IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems--I: Regular Papers, Volume 52, Issue 8, August 2005, pages 1535-1544. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Pennsylvania's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
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