Figure 1: Two Stage MOS Folded Cascode Amplifier

single ended two stage opamp 2

DESIGN PROBLEM
Design a two stage, low power, high gain and high bandwidth folded cascode operational amplifier with the following
specifications: (i) load capacitance 20pF; (ii) open loop gain 80+dB; (iii) power dissipation 1.5mW; (iv) frequency compensation
should result in an amplifier with single-pole frequency response and (v) gain-bandwidth-product 70MHz. Analyze the integrated
circuit for performance characteristics.
DESIGN SUMMARY
First, the voltage overdrive and biasing currents are allocated as per the power and output swing specification. Next, device
dimension and biasing voltage are computed so as to keep all the transistors in the active region. Once first stage as folded
cascode amplifier is designed with nearly zero output common-mode voltage level, the second stage is designed for higher
swing. The biasing currents for the first and second stage are 50A and 150A, respectively. The overall low frequency
gain comes to 82.5dB and gain-band-width-product is 70.5 MHz. The frequency response of the two stage amplifier after
compensation resembles frequency response of single pole system. There are two different frequency compensation schemes
used in this design. The design of this integrated circuit and related theory would be submitted for IEEE TCAS-I. The transistor
SPICE model selected is TSMC 0.18 m (T77A MM NON EPI) with Ldrawn = 0.36m.
DEVICE PARAMETERS
Table 3.1 from the book Trade-offs and Optimization in Analog CMOS Design by David M. Binkley is used to compute the
gate-oxide capacitance (Cox ) and transconductance factor (Cox ). Appendix B from the book CMOS Analog Circuit Design
by Phillip Allen and Douglas Holberg is used to compute Vt and channel length modulation factor ().
CIRCUIT DESIGN
Documentation of this section is in progress. This would also include the circuit analysis and comparison with other two
stage single ended amplifiers.

Figure 2: Frequency Response Before and After Compensation of Two Stage MOS Folded Cascode Amplifier