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Cascode current mirror load
Feb 13th, 2016, 8:44pm
 
Hi, my name is JH.
I am designing OTA. In order to high gain, I use cascode current
mirror  load.
But when output common mode level is changed, rout also changes dramatically.
The attatched image is main problem of OTA.
How can I keep rout to be nealy constant with vout level changed?

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Reply #1 - Feb 14th, 2016, 1:05am
 
What is the value of voltage VBias? I think the cascode transistor is in triode instead of saturation.
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Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2016, 3:52am
 
Thanks for reply.
But I checked region of cascode device. Both transistors are in saturation region.
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Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2016, 11:29am
 
Hello

Which process node is this? Perhaps the gds of the transistor is not nearly low enough around the operating point(?). How does Vdsat compare with Vds? I would try to bias it a bit deeper into saturation to make sure Vds does not affect operation significantly.

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Reply #4 - Feb 15th, 2016, 7:46am
 
Hello-
You should have posted the operating point rather a std cascade stage in paint. You wrote impedance is changing with common mode, means devices are moving out of sat region. Best way is check your Vdsat and make sure your common mode I snot below 2*vdsat.
What is your ro at the point where you have biased? Multiply this with gm*ro of the cascade, should match reasonably close to your sim.
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