What is constant Gm biasing?

[eng_Semi]

Hi ALL,

What is constant Gm biasing and is there any resources to read about this topic ??

Thanks in advance

 

[timer]

Re: Constant Gm biasing

in const gm biasing, you bias the mos and ensure that the gm of the mos is independent of process param and temperature. unlike a constant i source, here bias current will vary with temp and process param but gm will remain fixed.

 

[eng_Semi]

Re: Constant Gm biasing

Do u have any circuits about this architecture ??

 

[nandu_r]

Re: Constant Gm biasing

behzad razavi has good info on this
constant gm biasing also uesd in opamps having rail to rail comman mode range,
there we boost the bias current of n diff pair or pdiff pair, when the input comman mode voltage come near to rail to meet the gain constant

 

[eng_Semi]

Re: Constant Gm biasing

behzad razavi has good info on this

In which book of Razavi, and in which chapter ??

Thanks in advance

 

[electronrancher]

Re: Constant Gm biasing

it's the equivalent of using a delta-vbe (ptat current) for biasing an op amp. basically your bias changes with temp inversely proportional to the diff pair, so you can keep the transconductance (and therfore GBW) constant over temp. now your room temp compensation *should* work over all temps. it's a good idea for any diff pair actually since it's pretty straightforward to build one.

the good bias ckt wil use a 1:N mosfet pair over a resistor R to generate the bias, similar to what is shown in the paper below. a crappy bias ckt will use a temp-independent voltage (vbg) minus a vgs over a resistor, but don't tell anyone i told you that.