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Nov 06th, 2016, 9:05am
 
Sir/Maam! I need answers please.
So if I'm going to just set the aspect ratio of mosfets to operate in subthreshold, then the current generated by the mosfet can be used for current reference? Is it correct?
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Reply #1 - Nov 7th, 2016, 10:51am
 
Theoretically yes.
But I will generally not do that.
One because the gm will be high, the Vth mismatch impact will be higher. I might have to use source degeneration (aka stacking devices) which blows up area and last resort.
Secondly, I am apprehensive of the MOS models in subthreshold region, so I will keep away from them.
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Reply #2 - Nov 10th, 2016, 3:23am
 
Thank you sir for your response. May God bless you!
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