Design and Fabrication of 0.5 V Two Stage Operational Amplifier Using Body-driven Differential Input Stage and Self-cascode Structure

Abstract

This paper presents a design and fabrication of 0.5 V two stage operational amplifier. The proposed operational amplifier utilizes body-driven differential input stage and self-cascode current mirror structure. Cadence Virtuoso is used for layout and the layout data is verified by LVS through Mentor Calibre. The proposed two stage operational amplifier is fabricated using 0.13 ㎛ CMOS process and operation at 0.5 V is confirmed. Measured low frequency small signal gain of operational amplifier is 50 ㏈, power consumption is 29 ㎼ and chip area is 75 ㎛ × 90 ㎛.