一种静态电流精确可控的AB类运算放大器设计.docVIP

一种静态电流精确可控的AB类运算放大器设计 范国亮,李云鹏,张国俊 (电子科技大学 薄膜与器件国家重点实验室, 成都 610054) 摘 要：针对传统A类两级运算放大器摆率受限的情况，提出了一种新型的AB类两级CMOS运算放大器。仅仅通过增加一个电阻和电容就实现了传统的Ａ类运算放大器向AB类运算放大器的转变，实现了对输出级静态电流的精确控制，极大地改善了摆率，并且不会增加额外的功耗。新的频率补偿方法在保证系统稳定的同时大大增加了单位增益带宽，同时避免了传统补偿所带来的缺点。仿真结果表明，与传统的A类运放相比，提出的AB类运放正负摆率分别提高到原来的35倍和2.2倍，单位增益带宽提高到原来的5倍。 关键词： AB类运算放大器；低压低功耗；频率补偿；摆率 中图分类号：TN432 文献标识码： A 文章编号： A Class AB Operational Amplifier With accurately controlled quiescent current FAN Guoliang, Li Yunpeng, ZHANG Guojun (State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, Univ. of Elec. Sci. and Technol. of China, Chengdu 610054, P. R. China) Abstract：A novel class AB two stage operational amplifier was presented to deal with the problem of the conventional class A two stage operational amplifier’s limited slew rate. The transformation of converting conventional class A to novel class AB was achieved by adding only one resistor and capacitor. The output stage quiescent current was controlled accurately and the slew rate was enhanced significantly, along with no additional static power dissipation. A new frequency compensation technique was adopted to keep the circuit stable, improve the gain-bandwidth product and avoid the drawbacks of conventional compensation methods. Simulations results show that the positive and negative slew rates were raised to 35 and 2.2 times and unity gain bandwidth was raised to 5 times when compared with conventional class A operational amplifier. Key words: Class AB Operational Amplifier; Low voltage Low Power; frequency Compensation; Slew rate 1 引 言 近年来，随着电池供电便携式设备的普及，低压低功耗工作逐渐成为系统的必备要求。运算放大器作为绝大多数电路模块不可或缺的一部分，它的性能在很大程度上决定了整个电路甚至系统的性能。传统的两级运放（图1）可以满足大多数电路的性能要求，如带宽与增益等。但是，图1所示的A类两级运放的摆率(slew rate)会受到静态电流的限制。因此，可以提供大摆率的AB类两级运放受到越来越多的关注。 AB类运放在实现大的增益与带宽的同时，可以输出或者吸入远远大于静态电流的充放电电流， 从而改善摆率。但是AB类两级运放的设计也面临着如下困难：（1）输出级静态电流难以控制。大 多数静态电流控制电路都需要比较复杂的电路，这不仅增加了电路的复杂度，还增加了功耗。（2）低压低功耗工作。低压限制了共源共栅（cascode）结构的使用，而低功耗则进一步限制了摆率。 针对以上问题，我们在传统A类两级运放的基