High performance CMOS current comparator
- 6 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (1) , 5-6
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19940003
Abstract
A new high-speed CMOS current comparator is described. By changing the buffer of an existing comparator from class B to class AB operation, voltage swings are reduced, resulting in greater speed for small input currents. Simulation results employing a 1.6 µm CMOS technology show the response time to a 0.1 µA input current to be 11 ns and the power dissipation to be 1.4 mW, resulting in a five times improvement in speed/power ratio over existing high-speed current comparators.Keywords
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