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Chapter 6 – Section 2 (5/2/04) Page 6.2-20<br />
Use of Nulling Resistor to Eliminate the RHP Zero (or turn it into a LHP zero) †<br />
C c<br />
R z<br />
C c R<br />
V z I<br />
+<br />
+<br />
Inverting v OUT V in g mI v in C I R V I out<br />
High-Gain<br />
g mII V I R II C<br />
-<br />
II<br />
-<br />
Stage<br />
Fig. 430-04<br />
Nodal equations:<br />
g mI V in + V I<br />
⎛ sC<br />
⎜ c<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
R I<br />
+ sC I V I + ⎜<br />
⎟<br />
⎝<br />
1 + sC c R z<br />
(V I − V out ) = 0<br />
⎠<br />
g mII V I + V o<br />
⎛<br />
⎜<br />
sC c<br />
⎞<br />
⎟<br />
R II<br />
+ sC II V out + ⎜<br />
⎟<br />
⎝<br />
1 + sC c R z<br />
(V out − V I ) = 0<br />
⎠<br />
Solution:<br />
V out (s)<br />
V in (s) = a{1 − s[(C c/g mII ) − R z C c ]}<br />
1 + bs + cs2 + ds3<br />
where<br />
a = gmI g mII R I R II<br />
b = (C II + C c )R II + (C I + C c )R I + g mII R I R II C c + R z C c<br />
c = [R I R II (C I C II + C c C I + C c C II ) + R z C c (R I C I + R II C II )]<br />
d = R I R II R z C I C II C c<br />
†<br />
W,J. Parrish, "An Ion Implanted CMOS Amplifier for High Performance Active Filters", Ph.D. Dissertation, 1976, Univ. of CA., Santa Barbara.<br />
CMOS <strong>Analog</strong> Circuit <strong>Design</strong> © P.E. Allen - 2004<br />
Chapter 6 – Section 2 (5/2/04) Page 6.2-21<br />
Use of Nulling Resistor to Eliminate the RHP - Continued<br />
If R z is assumed to be less than R I or R II and the poles widely spaced, then the roots of the<br />
above transfer function can be approximated as<br />
−1<br />
−1<br />
p 1 ≅ (1 + g mII R II )R I C c<br />
≅ g mII R II R I C c<br />
−g mII C c<br />
p 2 ≅ C I C II + C c C I + C c C II<br />
≅ −g mII<br />
C II<br />
p 4 = −1<br />
R z C I<br />
and<br />
1<br />
z 1 = C c (1/g mII − R z )<br />
Note that the zero can be placed anywhere on the real axis.<br />
CMOS <strong>Analog</strong> Circuit <strong>Design</strong> © P.E. Allen - 2004