A 1.2 V low-power OpAmp for integrated lock-in amplifiers

M. R. Valero; S. Celma; N. Medrano; B. Calvo; C. Gimeno

doi:10.1117/12.2017218

28 May 2013 A 1.2 V low-power OpAmp for integrated lock-in amplifiers

M. R. Valero, S. Celma, N. Medrano, B. Calvo, C. Gimeno

Proceedings Volume 8764, VLSI Circuits and Systems VI; 876406 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017218
Event: SPIE Microtechnologies, 2013, Grenoble, France

Abstract

This paper presents a simple 1.2 V low-power rail-to-rail class AB operational amplifier (OpAmp) suitable for integrated lock-in amplifiers. The proposed OpAmp has been designed in a standard 0.18 μm CMOS technology. For a 1.2 V single supply and 68.6 μW power consumption, simulations shows a 81 dB open loop gain, 64° phase margin, 13 MHz unity gain frequency for a capacitive load of 10pF and 75 dB CMRR. Adaptive biasing provides 30.7 V/μs slew-rate for a 10 pF load. A compact and reliable lock-in amplifier (LIA) has been designed using the proposed circuit. The designed LIA has a power consumption of 135 μW and recovers signals up to 1 MHz with relative errors below 2.6 % for noise and interference signals of the same amplitude as the signal of interest.

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M. R. Valero, S. Celma, N. Medrano, B. Calvo, and C. Gimeno "A 1.2 V low-power OpAmp for integrated lock-in amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 8764, VLSI Circuits and Systems VI, 876406 (28 May 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2017218

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