Microelectronics, Volume. 55, Issue 4, 507(2025)

Design of Low-power Rail-to-Rail Operational Amplifier with Enhanced Linearity

ZHANG Ziou1,2, LI Wenchang1,2, JIAN Haifang1, RUAN Wei1, LIU Jian3,4, ZHANG Tianyi1, TENG Rui1, JIA Chenqiang1,2, and ZHANG Yixiang1,5
Author Affiliations
  • 1Laboratory of Solid State Optoelectronic Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
  • 2School of Integrated Circuits, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
  • 4Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
  • 5School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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    A low-power rail-to-rail operational amplifier with enhanced linearity is designed and implemented to address the signal distortion problem of the Class-AB output stage of operational amplifiers. Based on a mechanism analysis of the non-ideal higher-order effect caused by the short channel, a linearly enhanced floating current source structure is proposed, which effectively reduces the circuit gain nonlinearity and decreases the distortion problem during signal processing while controlling the power consumption through the application of the translinear loop. A circuit prototype is fabricated using a 0.18-μm process, and the test results show that the chip realizes a rail-to-rail input-output range with a gain nonlinearity of 5.5×10−6, a quiescent current of 39 μA, and an open-loop gain of 119.5 dB.

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    ZHANG Ziou, LI Wenchang, JIAN Haifang, RUAN Wei, LIU Jian, ZHANG Tianyi, TENG Rui, JIA Chenqiang, ZHANG Yixiang. Design of Low-power Rail-to-Rail Operational Amplifier with Enhanced Linearity[J]. Microelectronics, 2025, 55(4): 507

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    Received: Nov. 5, 2024

    Accepted: Sep. 9, 2025

    Published Online: Sep. 9, 2025

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    DOI:10.13911/j.cnki.1004-3365.240395

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