A 3μW Low-Power CMOS Class-AB Bilateral Current Mirror for Low-Voltage Applications

Authors

  • Victor Hugo Ponce Ponce Instituto Politécnico Nacional
  • Jesús E. Molinar Solís Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco
  • José Rivera Mejía Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco
  • Sergio Sandoval Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco
  • Miguel Rocha Pérez Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla
  • Alejandro Díaz Sánchez Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla
  • Humberto Bracamontes del Toro Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-20-4-2489

Keywords:

Analog integrated circuits, MOS integrated circuits.

Abstract

This paper presents a compact low-power bidirectional current mirror suitable for low-voltage applications. The key element is the use of a CMOS complementary input stage working in subthreshold regime; which allows setting a reduced bias current through the mirror. The circuit was simulated using LTSpice and presents class AB operation with a THD of 1% at 1MHz. The power consumption is close to 3μW as shown by simulations and experimental data from a fabricated prototype using 0.5µm CMOS technology.

Author Biographies

Victor Hugo Ponce Ponce, Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Received the degree in Communications and Electronics Engineer from the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (ESIME) of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) in 1993, a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Doctor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the Center Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV), Campus Cd. Mexico, in 1994 and 2005, respectively. From 2007 to 2008, he held a one-year sabbatical stay at the Polytechnic School of Montréal. He currently aprofessor at the Computer Research Center of the IPN, attached to the Laboratory of Microtechnology and Embedded Systems. His research interestsare currently focused on the Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) inconjunction with signal conditioning circuits an integrated circuit level in CMOS technology.

Jesús E. Molinar Solís, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco

Received the electronics engineering degree from the Technological Institute from Ciudad Guzman (ITCG), Jalisco, in 1999. He obtained the M. Sc. and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Mexico City, in 2002 and 2006 respectively. He is currently working as a Research Professor with the Technological Institute from Ciudad Guzman, his research interests are related to analog circuits, neural networks and visionchips.

José Rivera Mejía, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco

Received the M.Sc. degree in electronics engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Chihuahua (ITChih), México in 1979, and Doctorate of Engineering degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ), México in 2008. Dr. Rivera Mejía is member of the National Researchers System in Mexico. His doctoral dissertation was recognized at the UAQ as the best thesis in 2008. He received the Awardof Science and Technology and Innovation in the State of Chihuahua, third place in 2012. His research interests include Intelligent Sensors, Measurement Systems, Metrology and Reliability.

Sergio Sandoval, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco

Has a degree in Electronics Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Guzmán ITCG (2000). He holds a Master's Degree (2010) in Electronics Engineering from ITCG and a Doctorate (2015) in Sciences with a specialization in Computing and Automation from Cienega University Centre at the University of Guadalajara. He is interested in areas of automation, linear and design of programming methodologies for application to the automobile.

Miguel Rocha Pérez, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla

Received the B.S. degree in electronics from the Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México in 1986 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla, in 1991 and 1999, respectively. During 1991–1996, he was working on the control of telescopes in the Astrophysics Department, and during 1999-2001 he was with the Instrumentation Lab at INAOE. He is working at INAOE in the Electronics Department. His current research interests are on the design of integrated circuits for communications and IC implementation of digital algorithms.

Alejandro Díaz Sánchez, Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE), Puebla

Received the B.E. from the Madero Technical Institute and the M.Sc. from the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, both in México, and the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University at Las Cruces, NM. He is actually working as Full Professor at the National Institute for Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, in Tonantzintla, Mexico. His research concerns analog and digital integrated circuits, high performance computer architectures and signal processing.

Humberto Bracamontes del Toro, Tecnológico Nacional de México, Ciudad Guzmán Jalisco

Received the B.S. degree in electronics engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Guzmán, México in 1992. The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees were obtained from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, Brest, France in 2006. From 1992 to 2001 he has been professor with the Electronics Engineering Department at I.T.Cd. Guzmán. Since 2006 he has been professor with postgraduate electronics and since 2012 he has been the head of graduate studies and research division at I.T. Cd. Guzmán. He research interests include embedded systems design and signal processing for digital communications and remote sensing, smart antenna and multiplexing techniques for high frequency communications.

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Published

2016-12-18

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Vol. 20 No. 4 (2016): Thematic Issue: Research Advances and Applications of Evolutionary Computation (Guest Editors: H.J. Escalante, M. Graff)

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