This paper presents an improved linearity variable-gain amplifier (VGA) in 0.18-µm CMOS technology. The lineari­ty improvement is resulted from employing a new combinational technique, which utilizes third-order-intermodulation (IM3) cancellation mechanism using second-order-intermodul­ation (­IM2) injection, and intermodulation distortion (IMD) sinking techniques. The proposed VGA gain cell co...

Although CMOS Time-of-Flight Range Image Sensors have been recently realized, the fabrication process is modified by inserting an extra mask layer to allow efficient TOF dependent charge transfer. This work focuses on the selection procedure of amplifiers to be used in the design of the TOF pixel using the standard CMOS process. From our analysis, it is found that the Cascode amplifier is the b...

In this work, a detailed comparison of four equivalent charge-sensitive, folded-cascode amplifiers in terms of noise performance is presented. A couple of complementary structures, one with a noise-optimised input nMOSFET and the other with a noise-optimised input pMOSFET were designed in 0.35 μm CMOS process by Austria MicroSystems (AMS). Another couple of complementary structures consisting o...

Three circuit techniques are proposed that provide (with simultaneous use) an increase bymore than two orders of magnitude the maximum output voltage slew rate (SR) microelectronicoperational amplifiers (op-amps) based on bipolar transistors with a classical architecture,designed to operate in automatic control systems, radio engineering and communications, forexample, as drivers for ultra-high...