A standard-cell-based CMFB for fully synthesizable OTAs

F Centurelli, R Della Sala, G Scotti - Journal of Low Power Electronics and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we propose a fully standard-cell-based common-mode feedback (CMFB) loop
with an explicit voltage reference to improve the CMRR of pseudo-differential standard-cell …

A novel differential to single-ended converter for ultra-low-voltage inverter-based OTAs

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, G Scotti - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the design of inverter-based OTAs with differential input and single-ended output, the
differential to single-ended (D2S) converter is a key building block. In fact, the performance …

A differential-to-single-ended converter based on enhanced body-driven current mirrors targeting ultra-low-voltage OTAs

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, G Scotti, P Tommasino… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, an ultra-low-voltage (ULV) technique to improve body-driven current mirrors is
proposed. The proposed technique is employed to improve the performance of conventional …

A 0.3 V rail-to-rail three-stage OTA with high DC gain and improved robustness to PVT variations

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, P Monsurrò, G Scotti… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a novel 0.3 V rail-to-rail body-driven three-stage operational
transconductance amplifier (OTA). The proposed OTA architecture allows achieving high DC …

A novel Digital OTA topology with 66-dB DC Gain and 12.3-kHz Bandwidth

M Privitera, P Crovetti, AD Grasso - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief introduces an enhanced digital OTA topology which allows increasing the DC gain
thanks to the adoption of an inverter-based output stage. Moreover, a new equivalent small …

A 0.6 V bulk-driven class-ab two-stage OTA with non-tailed differential pair

A Ballo, AD Grasso, S Pennisi - Journal of Low Power Electronics and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents a two-stage operational transconductance amplifier suitable for sub-1 V
operation. This characteristic is achieved thanks to the adoption of a bulk-driven non-tailed …

A high performance 0.3 V standard-cell-based OTA suitable for automatic layout flow

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, G Scotti - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we propose a novel standard-cell-based OTA architecture based on an
improved version of the differential to single-ended converter, previously proposed by the …

A Novel High Performance Standard-Cell Based ULV OTA Exploiting an Improved Basic Amplifier

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, G Scotti - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we introduce an improved standard-cell-based voltage amplifier cell with low
output resistance. The proposed amplifier cell exhibits a voltage gain whose value can be …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging the gap between design and simulation of low-voltage CMOS circuits

CM Adornes, DG Alves Neto, MC Schneider… - Journal of Low Power …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work proposes a truly compact MOSFET model that contains only four parameters to
assist an integrated circuits (IC) designer in a design by hand. The four-parameter model …

On the Feasibility of Cascode and Regulated Cascode Amplifier Stages in ULV Circuits Exploiting MOS Transistors in Deep Subthreshold Operation

R Della Sala, F Centurelli, P Monsurrò, G Scotti - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last years several ultra-low voltage (ULV) operational transconductance amplifiers
(OTAs) with supply voltages below 0.5 V have been proposed in the literature. To achieve …