A fully differential CMOS line driver intended for ISDN U-interface applications is reported. Design details with emphasis on a novel high-swing output stage are presented. The output stage incorporates a class-B stage in parallel with the conventional class-H/B structure, allowing high linearity, high power efficiency, and well-controlled quiescent current. The prototype line driver exhibits total harmonic distortion of -83 dB for an output voltage swing of 7 V pp-diff. It maintains linearity on the order of 78 dB for nearly rail-to-rail output voltage swing of 9 Vpp-diff for signal frequencies of up to 40 kHz. The chip, built in a 0.9-μm technology, occupies an active area of 0.63 mm2. It operates from a single 5-V power supply and dissipates 20-mW quiescent power
Published in:
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
(Volume:27
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Issue:
12
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Date of Publication:
Dec 1992
- Page(s):
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1723
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1729
- ISSN :
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0018-9200
- INSPEC Accession Number:
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4338271
- Digital Object Identifier :
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10.1109/4.173098
- Product Type:
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Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
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06 August 2002
- Issue Date :
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Dec 1992
- Sponsored by :
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IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society