Current-mode CMOS Active Inductor with Applications to Low-Voltage Oscillators

Authors

  • M. Ma Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing & Information Processing of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, China
  • Z. Li Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing & Information Processing of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, China
  • Z. Yao Key Laboratory of Intelligent Computing & Information Processing of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, China
Volume: 3 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 540-543 | December 2013 | https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.317

Abstract

This paper investigates a current mode active inductor. In the proposed active inductor, three current mirrors have been connected to each other to realize the negative feedback. This active conductor has a two layer transistor structure. A 4.257 GHz, 1.2-V power supply non-inductive LC negative resistor oscillator, base on two of the proposed active inductors, is demonstrated.

Keywords:

active inductor; current mirror; low-voltage

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M. Ma, Z. Li, and Z. Yao, “Current-mode CMOS Active Inductor with Applications to Low-Voltage Oscillators”, Eng. Technol. Appl. Sci. Res., vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 540–543, Dec. 2013.

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