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Title: nA current reference Post by manodipan on Nov 25th, 2008, 2:04am Hi guys, can u guys suggest some very good current reference of around 10 nA with very little sensitivity to process,temperature etc...thanks |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by raja.cedt on Nov 25th, 2008, 2:42am hi manodeepan, i have some questions regarding u r questions.1.For what application u need this 2.in which technology.why i am asking is i am working in 65nm, in this technology even 5*1 mos transistor have around 6nA gate current.so may be u can get 10nA reference in older technologies,but here it is very difficult(for getting presise reference u need to use -ve feed back,so inherently u have to mos). so ples etell me the which tech nod eu r working so that we can think about circuit. Thank you |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by thechopper on Nov 25th, 2008, 6:38pm Check this reference "CMOS Current Reference Without Resistance" Henri J. Oguey and Daniel Aebischer IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, VOL. 32, NO. 7, JULY 1997 Regards Tosei |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by manodipan on Nov 27th, 2008, 1:14am Hi Raja, The technology is 130 nm and current linearity is also an important factor... |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by raja.cedt on Nov 27th, 2008, 2:22am hi manodeepan, what do u mean by linearity.i guess its a current reference.do you want controlled current reference? Thank you. |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by manodipan on Dec 2nd, 2008, 2:14am Hi raja, You are right it's a current reference with very less process and temperature sensitivity and good o/p resistance throughout the o/p range.. |
Title: Re: nA current reference Post by rf-design on Dec 15th, 2008, 1:51pm Regarding gate leakage you can use possible thick-oxide devices used for output driver stages. The gate and the channel leakage is much lower. For the nA-current source I suggest to start with a higher current level. So for instance using a bandgap and driving a low tempco resistor with current to equal the bandgap voltage. Then use a current divider which is made of a mirror MOS pair where the low current source is shifted by a voltage equal to log(a)*m*Vt m: subthreshold factor, Vt: temperatur voltage, a: current division factor This exponential current multiplier voltage should be derived from the k*T-Cell made of MOS instead of parasitic PNP's The you can get very low current in some % accuracy range |
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