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idn i∗gn
idn and ign have a nite correlation coecient given by κ = q . α, β and γ are
hidn i∗dn i ign i∗gn
complex, frequency-dependent scaling parameters derived from circuit small-signal parameters. For
the above amplier, determine the noise parameters Fmin , GN , Ropt and Xopt . [15]
Q3. A single-ended amplier is shown below. M1 and M3 are NMOS devices, congured as a common-
gate and a common-source amplier, respectively. PMOS devices, M2 and M4 , are congured as a
current-mirror. Nn and Np are integer scaling constants, that denote the sizes of M3 and M4 relative
to M1 and M2 , respectively. The output voltage, vOU T , is observed at the drains of M3 and M4 , that
are connected together. The load resistor, RLOAD , is connected between the output node and a bias
voltage, set at VDD /2.
The capacitors CB are used for DC blocking, and can be considered a short at all (non-zero) frequencies
of interest. LCH is a large choke inductor, which is a short at DC, and can be considered an open at
all frequencies of interest. The gates of M1 and M3 are biased using the same voltage VG . RBIAS is a
large bias resistor.
Ignore output resistance, gate resistance, body eect and all device capacitance. All MOS devices
and resistors exhibit thermal noise, where the noise spectral densities are given by i2dn /∆f = 4kT γgm
A2 /Hz for an N or P-type MOSFET with device transconductance gm , and i2n /∆f = (4kT /R) A2 /Hz ,
1
for a resistance of R Ω. Assume that NMOS and PMOS devices have identical γ . DC bias sources
that set the voltages VG and VDD /2 can be assumed to be ideal ac grounds. 25
Q4. A bipolar dierential amplier employs an ideal tail current source IEE . The devices are ideally
matched, and the circuit is perfectly balanced. The dierential amplier has load resistors of values
RL . [40]
(a) Find an expression that relates the dierential output of the amplier to it's input, upto the third
order of non-linearity (vout = a1 vin + a3 vin
3
).
(b) What is the IIP3 of the amplier?
n n ωm oo
(c) Assume that the input to the amplier is given by vin = A1 .cos(ω1 t)+A2 . m(t).cos (ω1 + 3 )t ,
2
ω
where A2 A1 , and m(t) = cos( m t). If the system is otherwise noiseless, what is the apparent
2
SNR of the output signal, expressed as a function of A1 , A2 , m(t) and IIP3?
2
(d) Assume that the tail current is modied to the following form: IEE = IEE(bias) + b2 m(t)2 . Can
you nd a value of b2 for which the IM3 induced at ω1 is completely eliminated?