High DC Gain and Wide Output Swing Class-C Inverter

Yaya Chen; Yan Han; Shifeng Zhang; Tianlin Cao; Xiaoxia Han; Ray C. C. Cheung

doi:10.1109/ISOCC.2017.8368823

High DC Gain and Wide Output Swing Class-C Inverter

Yaya Chen, Yan Han^*, Shifeng Zhang, Tianlin Cao, Xiaoxia Han, Ray C. C. Cheung

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Department of Electrical Engineering

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A gain-boost class-C inverter that simultaneously targets high DC gain and wide output swing is proposed in this study. Unlike those of the traditional gain-boost class-C inverter, the input transistors of the proposed gain-boost circuit for the PMOS cascode circuit are n type, whereas those for the NMOS cascode circuit are p type. Consequently, the output swing of the proposed gain-boost class-C inverter is unrestricted by the gain-boost circuit, and thus, a wide output swing can be achieved. A self-cascode structure is also adopted for the gain-boost circuit, thereby allowing it to obtain high DC gain. When compared with the traditional gain-boost class-C inverter with the same input transistor size, power consumption, and load capacitance, simulation results show that the proposed gain-boost class-C inverter improves DC gain by over 35% and boost output swing by over 20%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International SoC Design Conference 2017 (ISOCC 2017) - PROCEEDINGS OF TECHNICAL PAPERS
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	53-54
ISBN (Print)	9781538622858
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISOCC.2017.8368823
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017
Event	14th International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC 2017) - Grand Hilton Hotel, Seoul, Korea, Republic of Duration: 5 Nov 2017 → 8 Nov 2017

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Conference	14th International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC 2017)
Place	Korea, Republic of
City	Seoul
Period	5/11/17 → 8/11/17

Research Keywords

Class-C inverter
Gain-boost
High DC gain
Low-voltage micro-power
Wide output swing

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