A rail-to-rail input stage with constant signal behavior in 0.12 μm CMOS

Abstract

This paper introduces a new fully differential low-voltage rail-to-rail input stage structure, which possesses a constant small- and large-signal behavior over the entire input common-mode range, and is suitable for low supply voltage applications in deep-submicron technologies. The proposed input stage is fabricated with two different opamp architectures in pure digital 0.12 μm CMOS technology for experimental verification. At ±0.5 V supply, the small-signal behavior variation is 5.45% across the supply rail. The large-signal behavior is constant at different input common-mode levels. The maximum current needed for the signal behavior regulation is only 90 μA.