[ summary of the invention ]
The invention aims to provide an operational amplifier circuit with larger bandwidth and lower power consumption.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is that the operational amplifier circuit comprises two differential signal input ends, two differential signal output ends, a bias circuit, a fully differential operational amplifier main circuit and a common mode feedback circuit, wherein the fully differential operational amplifier main circuit comprises a first differential amplification circuit serving as a first stage and a forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit serving as a second stage, and the forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit comprises two groups of switchable switching tube arrays participating in forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the first differential amplification circuit comprises a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor, a third PMOS transistor and a fourth PMOS transistor, and the forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit comprises a fifth PMOS transistor, a sixth PMOS transistor and the two switchable switch transistor arrays; the drain electrode of the first NMOS tube is connected with the positive electrode of the power supply through a third PMOS tube, and the drain electrode of the second NMOS tube is connected with the positive electrode of the power supply through a fourth PMOS tube; the source electrode of the first NMOS tube is connected with the source electrode of the second NMOS tube and then connected with the biasing circuit, the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube is connected with the first differential signal input end, and the grid electrode of the second NMOS tube is connected with the second differential signal input end; each group of switchable switch tube arrays comprises a plurality of switchable NMOS tubes connected in parallel, the grid electrode of the fifth PMOS tube is connected with the drain electrode of the first NMOS tube, and the grid electrode of the sixth PMOS tube is connected with the drain electrode of the second NMOS tube; and the source electrode of the fifth PMOS tube and the source electrode of the sixth PMOS tube are connected with the positive electrode of the power supply, and the drain electrode of the fifth PMOS tube is connected with the first differential signal output end. The NMOS tubes of the first group of switchable switching tube arrays are grounded; the drain electrode of the sixth PMOS tube is connected with the second differential signal output end and is grounded through the NMOS tube of the second group of switchable switching tube arrays; the grid electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the first group of switchable switch tube arrays are connected with the grid electrode of the second NMOS tube through a first alternating current coupling capacitor, and the grid electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the second group of switchable switch tube arrays are connected with the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube through a second alternating current coupling capacitor.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the common mode feedback circuit includes the second differential amplifying circuit and the common mode sampling circuit; the second differential amplification circuit comprises a fifth NMOS tube, a sixth NMOS tube, two groups of switchable parallel PMOS tubes and a common mode sampling circuit, wherein the drain electrode of the fifth NMOS tube is connected with the anode of the power supply through the first group of switchable parallel PMOS tubes, and the drain electrode of the sixth NMOS tube is connected with the anode of the power supply through the second group of switchable parallel PMOS tubes; the source electrode of the fifth NMOS tube is connected with the source electrode of the sixth NMOS tube and then connected with the bias circuit, the grid electrode of the fifth NMOS tube is connected with the output end of the common mode sampling circuit, and the grid electrode of the sixth NMOS tube is connected with the reference voltage signal input end; the common mode sampling circuit comprises two sampling resistors which are connected in series, and the connection point of the two sampling resistors is the output end of the common mode sampling circuit; two ends of the common mode sampling circuit are respectively connected with the first differential signal output end and the second differential signal output end.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the common mode feedback circuit includes a common mode feedback compensation circuit, and the common mode feedback compensation circuit includes a first RC delay compensation circuit and a second RC delay compensation circuit; the source electrode of the first group of the switchable parallel PMOS tubes and the source electrode of the second group of the switchable parallel PMOS tubes are connected with the positive electrode of the power supply, the drain electrode and the grid electrode of the first group of the switchable parallel PMOS tubes are connected with the drain electrode of the fifth NMOS tube, and the drain electrode and the grid electrode of the second group of the switchable parallel PMOS tubes are connected with the drain electrode of the sixth NMOS tube; the grid electrodes of the first group of switchable parallel PMOS tubes are connected with the positive electrode of the power supply through a second RC lag compensation circuit and are connected with the grid electrode of a third PMOS tube and the grid electrode of a fourth PMOS tube; the grid electrode of the fifth NMOS tube is grounded through the first RC hysteresis compensation circuit.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit comprises two miller compensation capacitors, the first miller compensation capacitor is connected between the gate and the drain of the fifth PMOS transistor, and the second miller compensation capacitor is connected between the gate and the drain of the sixth PMOS transistor.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the bias circuit comprises a reference current source, a first NMOS transistor of the bias circuit, a second NMOS transistor of the bias circuit, and a switchable switch transistor array of the bias circuit, wherein the switchable switch transistor array of the bias circuit comprises a plurality of switchable parallel-connected NMOS transistors; the input end of the reference current source is connected with the positive electrode of the power supply, the output end of the reference current source is connected with the drain electrode of the first NMOS tube of the bias circuit, the drain electrode of the first NMOS tube of the bias circuit is connected with the grid electrode, and the source electrode of the first NMOS tube of the bias circuit is grounded; the grid electrode of the second NMOS tube of the bias circuit is connected with the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube of the bias circuit, the source electrode of the second NMOS tube of the bias circuit is grounded, and the drain electrode of the second NMOS tube of the bias circuit is connected with the source electrode of the first NMOS tube of the first differential amplification circuit and the source electrode of the second NMOS tube; the grid electrode of the NMOS tube of the switchable switch tube array of the bias circuit is connected with the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube of the bias circuit, the source electrode of the NMOS tube of the switchable switch tube array of the bias circuit is grounded, and the drain electrode of the switchable switch tube array of the bias circuit is connected with the source electrode of the fifth NMOS tube of the second differential amplification circuit and the source electrode of the sixth NMOS tube.
In the operational amplifier circuit, the grid electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the first group of switchable switching tube arrays are connected with the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube of the biasing circuit through the first biasing resistor, and the grid electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the second group of switchable switching tube arrays are connected with the grid electrode of the first NMOS tube of the biasing circuit through the second biasing resistor; the drain electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the first group of switchable switching tube arrays are connected with the drain electrode of the fifth PMOS tube, and the source electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel with the first group of switchable switching tube arrays are grounded; the drain electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel in the second group of switchable switch tube arrays are connected with the drain electrode of the sixth PMOS tube, and the source electrodes of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel in the second group of switchable switch tube arrays are grounded.
The operational amplifier circuit adjusts the number of the NMOS tubes which are connected in parallel in the two groups of switchable switch tube arrays of the forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit according to the requirements of bandwidth and current consumption.
The operational amplifier circuit adjusts the number of the PMOS tubes connected in parallel in two groups of switchable parallel PMOS tubes and/or the number of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel in the switchable switch tube array of the bias circuit according to the requirements of bandwidth and power consumption of the common mode feedback loop.
The operational amplifier circuit of the invention can realize larger bandwidth and lower power consumption,
[ detailed description of the invention ]
The structure and principle of the operational amplifier circuit of the embodiment of the invention are shown in fig. 1 to 4, and the operational amplifier circuit comprises a power supply positive electrode input end VDD and a differential signal input end VIP、VINTwo differential signal output ends V0P、V0NThe circuit comprises a bias circuit, a fully differential operational amplifier main circuit and a common mode feedback circuit.
The bias circuit is used for providing stable bias current independent of temperature and process for the main circuit of the fully differential operational amplifier and the common-mode feedback circuit. The main circuit of the fully differential operational amplifier adopts a two-stage amplified full-swing output structure, is used for providing gain and required bandwidth under the action of bias current, and outputs a common mode level to a common mode feedback circuit. The common-mode feedback circuit is used for stabilizing the common-mode level output by the main circuit of the fully differential operational amplifier to a constant voltage.
As shown in fig. 1, the fully differential operational amplifier main circuit includes a first differential amplification circuit as a first stage and a forward amplification compensation and push-pull drive circuit as a second stage.
As shown in fig. 2, the first differential amplifier circuit includes a first NMOS transistor MN1A second NMOS transistor MN2And the third PMOS transistor MP3And the fourth PMOS transistor MP4The forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit comprises a fifth PMOS tube MP5Sixth PMOS pipe MP6The device comprises two groups of switchable switch tube arrays and two Miller compensation capacitors. First NMOS transistor MN1The drain electrode of the transistor passes through a third PMOS tube MP3The drain electrode of the second NMOS transistor MN2 is connected with the positive electrode VDD of the power supply through a fourth PMOS transistor MP 4. First NMOS transistor MN1Source electrode of and the second NMOS transistor MN2The source electrode of the NMOS transistor is connected with a back bias circuit, and a first NMOS transistor MN1The grid of the first differential signal input end V is connected with the first differential signal input end VIPSecond NMOS transistor MN2The grid of the first differential signal input terminal is connected with the second differential signal input terminal VIN. Each group of switchable switch tube array MN3And MN4Each comprising a plurality of switchable, parallel-connected NMOS transistors.
Fifth PMOS transistor MP5The grid electrode of the NMOS transistor is connected with the first NMOS transistor MN1The sixth PMOS transistor MP6Grid of the NMOS transistor is connected with a second NMOS transistor MN2Of the substrate. Fifth PMOS transistor MP5Source electrode and sixth PMOS transistor MP6The source electrodes of the first and second electrode are respectively connected with a power supply anode VDD and a first Miller compensation capacitor CM1Is connected to a fifth PMOS transistor MP5Between the gate and the drain of the first transistor, a second Miller compensation capacitor CM2Is connected to a sixth PMOS tube MP6Between the gate and the drain. Fifth PMOS transistor MP5Drain electrode of the first differential signal output end V is connected with the first differential signal output end VOP. And through the first group of switchable switching tube arrays MN3The NMOS tube of (1) is grounded. Sixth PMOS transistor MP6Drain electrode of the first differential signal output terminal is connected with the second differential signal output terminal VONAnd through a second group of switchable switching tube arrays MN4The NMOS tube of (1) is grounded. I.e. a first set of switchable switching tube arrays MN3The drain electrode of the NMOS tube connected in parallel is connected with the fifth PMOS tube MP5The first group of switchable switching tube arrays MN3The source electrode of the NMOS tube connected in parallel is grounded. Second group of switchable switch tube array MN4The drain electrode of the NMOS tube connected in parallel is connected with a sixth PMOS tube MP6A second group of switchable switching tube arrays MN4The source electrode of the NMOS tube connected in parallel is grounded. First group of switchable switch tube array MN3The grid of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel passes through a first alternating current coupling capacitor CF1Is connected with a second NMOS tube MN2A second group of switchable switching tube arrays MN4Of parallel-connected NMOS tubesThe grid electrode passes through a second alternating current coupling capacitor CF2Is connected with a first NMOS tube MN1A gate electrode of (1).
The common-mode feedback circuit comprises a second differential amplifying circuit and a common-mode sampling circuit. The second differential amplifying circuit comprises a fifth NMOS tube MN5And a sixth NMOS transistor MN6Two groups of switchable parallel PMOS (P-channel metal oxide semiconductor) tubes MP1、MP2And a common mode sampling circuit, a fifth NMOS transistor MN5The drain electrode of the PMOS transistor is connected with a first group of switchable parallel PMOS tubes MP1The drain electrode of the sixth NMOS transistor MN6 is connected with the anode VDD of the power supply through a second group of switchable parallel PMOS transistors MP2Connected with the positive electrode VDD of the power supply. The source of the fifth NMOS transistor MN5 and the sixth NMOS transistor MN6The source electrode of the NMOS transistor is connected with a back-end bias circuit, and a fifth NMOS transistor MN5The grid of the NMOS transistor is connected with the output end of the common-mode sampling circuit, and a sixth NMOS transistor MN6Is connected with a reference voltage signal VREFTo the input terminal of (1).
The common mode sampling circuit comprises two sampling resistors R connected in seriesS1And RS2Two sampling resistors RS1And RS2The connection point of the common mode sampling circuit and the fifth NMOS tube MN5Is connected to the gate of (a). Two ends of the common mode sampling circuit are respectively connected with a first differential signal output end VOPAnd a second differential signal output terminal VON。
The common mode feedback circuit also comprises a common mode feedback compensation circuit which comprises a resistor RC1And a capacitor CC1A first RC hysteresis compensation circuit composed of series connection and a resistor RC2And a capacitor CC2A second RC lag compensation circuit formed in series. First group of switchable parallel PMOS (P-channel Metal oxide semiconductor) tubes MP1And a second group of switchable parallel PMOS transistors MP2The source electrodes of the PMOS transistors are respectively connected with the positive electrode VDD of the power supply, and the first group of switchable parallel PMOS tubes MP1The drain electrode and the grid electrode of the transistor are connected and then connected with a fifth NMOS transistor MN5A second group of switchable parallel PMOS transistors MP2The drain electrode and the grid electrode are connected and then connected with a sixth NMOS tube MN6Of the substrate. First group of switchable parallel PMOS (P-channel Metal oxide semiconductor) tubes MP1The grid of the PMOS transistor is connected with a positive electrode VDD of a power supply through a second RC lag compensation circuit and is connected with a third PMOS transistor MP3Grid and fourth PMOS tube MP4A gate electrode of (1). Fifth NMOS transistor MN5Is grounded through a first RC hysteresis compensation circuit.
The bias circuit comprises a reference current source IBThe first NMOS transistor M of the bias circuitCM0And a second NMOS transistor M of the bias circuitCM2And a bias circuit switchable switching tube array MCM1Reference current source IBThe first NMOS transistor M of the bias circuitCM0And a second NMOS transistor M of the bias circuitCM2And a bias circuit switchable switching tube array MCM1The current mirror structure is used for providing bias current for the main circuit of the fully differential operational amplifier and the common mode feedback circuit.
Switchable switch tube array M of bias circuitCM1Comprises a plurality of switchable NMOS tubes connected in parallel. Reference current source IBThe input end of the biasing circuit is connected with a power supply anode VDD, and the output end of the biasing circuit is connected with a first NMOS tube M of the biasing circuitCM0The drain electrode of the bias circuit is the first NMOS tube MCM0The drain electrode of the bias circuit is connected with the grid electrode, and a first NMOS tube M of the bias circuitCM0Is grounded. Second NMOS transistor M of bias circuitCM2The grid electrode of the transistor is connected with a first NMOS transistor M of a bias circuitCM0The grid of the bias circuit and the second NMOS tube MCM2The source electrode of the first differential amplifier circuit is grounded, and the drain electrode of the first differential amplifier circuit is connected with the first NMOS tube MN1Source electrode of and second NMOS transistor MN2Of the substrate. Switchable switch tube array M of bias circuitCM1The grid of the middle NMOS tube is connected with a first NMOS tube M of the bias circuitCM0Grid electrode and bias circuit switchable switch tube array MCM1The source electrode of the middle NMOS tube is grounded, and the drain electrode of the middle NMOS tube is connected with a fifth NMOS tube M of the second differential amplification circuitN5Source electrode of (1) and sixth NMOS transistor MN6Of the substrate.
First group of switchable switch tube array MN3The grid of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel is also connected with a first bias resistor RF1A first NMOS transistor M of a bias circuit is connectedCM0A second group of switchable switching tube arrays MN4The grid of the NMOS tubes connected in parallel is also connected with a second bias resistor RF2A first NMOS transistor M of a bias circuit is connectedCM0A gate electrode of (1).
The operational amplifier circuit of the embodiment of the inventionThe first differential amplifying circuit of the main circuit of the fully differential operational amplifier comprises an NMOS tube MN1,MN2,MCM2And PMOS transistor MP3,MP4. Differential input signal VIP,VINIs connected to MN1,MN2Through M of the gate electrodeN1,MN2At M, is amplifiedN1,MN2Is ofON1And VOP1And obtaining a first-stage amplified signal of differential input. PMOS tube MP3,MP4Is an active load that provides high impedance so that the first stage of the operational amplifier has high gain.
The forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving circuit as the second stage comprises an NMOS tube MN3,MN4PMOS transistor MP5,MP6And a compensation capacitor CM1,CM2. NMOS tube MN3,MN4The circuit has two functions of (1) forward amplification compensation and (2) push-pull type driving stage. Will MN3,MN4Through CF1And CF2Connected into positive feedback, i.e. MN3Gate through C ofF1AC coupling to VINDrain connected to VOPA forward amplification compensation path is provided. MN4Gate through C ofF2AC coupling to VIPDrain connected to VONAnd another forward amplification compensation path is provided to achieve the effect of broadband compensation. Furthermore MN3,MN4The static currents of the two NMOS tubes are determined by a bias circuit, but the dynamic currents of the two NMOS tubes are changed along with the magnitude of an input signal, and the larger the input signal is, the larger the dynamic current is, and the characteristics of a push-pull type driving stage are achieved. PMOS tube MP5,MP6Is connected with the grid input at VON1,VOP1Drain connected to VOPAnd VONFor the second stage of amplification, and in addition, a PMOS transistor MP5,MP6The dynamic current of (2) also changes with the magnitude of the input signal, and has the characteristics of a push-pull driving stage. Because M isN3And MN4Has two functions simultaneously, and C is added to increase the design flexibility of frequency compensationM1And CM2And finely adjusting the phase margin to ensure that various process angles can meet the requirement of the phase margin.
Common mode feedback circuitComprises an NMOS tube MN5,MN6,MCM1And PMOS transistor MP1,MP2-a differential amplifier structure formed of a resistor RS1,RS2Detecting the output common mode level, and stabilizing the output common mode level to a stabilized voltage V by negative feedbackREF. V in common mode feedback loopcmfbAnd VfBoth nodes are added with RC series compensation (R)C1,CC1And RC2,CC2) The purpose of zero point compensation is achieved, and the phase margin of the common mode feedback loop is assisted.
The operational amplifier circuit of the embodiment of the invention can adjust M according to different bandwidthsN3And MN4The number of the middle MOS transistors connected in parallel, the structure of the NMOS switching array according to the embodiment of the present invention is shown in fig. 3, and the structure of the PMOS switching array is shown in fig. 4, which can increase or decrease the current consumption under different bandwidth requirements. The power consumption of the common mode feedback loop is adjusted according to different bandwidths, so that the bias circuit can switch the switch tube array MCM1The architecture of fig. 3 may also be used. And in order to reduce systematic offset (systematic offset), two groups of switchable parallel PMOS (P-channel metal oxide semiconductor) tubes M of the common mode feedback circuitP1、MP2The architecture of fig. 4 may be employed to switch the number of parallel MOS transistors. The number of the parallel MOS tubes can be adjusted before leaving a factory and also adjusted in use.
The dynamic current of the push-pull output stage adopted by the above embodiment of the present invention varies with the magnitude of the input signal, and the larger the input signal is, the larger the dynamic current is, and vice versa, so that the smaller static current can be used to bias the push-pull output stage. And the push-pull output stage is analyzed by small signals, and the equivalent transconductance is g under the same static currentmn+gmpTransconductance g equivalent to the output stage of a conventional operational amplifiermn(or is g)mp) Compared with the prior art, the amplification can be increased by 1.5-2 times.
The frequency compensation method of the above embodiment of the present invention is considered as a broadband target, and the method considers selecting forward-forward (feed-forward) amplification compensation or cross-feedback miller compensation as in the background art.
The above embodiments of the present invention combine the two functions of forward amplification compensation and push-pull driving stageIn the switchable switch tube array, extra current is not needed to perform forward amplification compensation, so that electricity can be saved. In addition, the advantage of forward amplification compensation is that the transconductance of the forward amplification stage is properly designed, so that the traditional Miller compensation capacitor can be removed, and the bandwidth can be easily deduced. And then, the push-pull type driving stage is matched for use, so that a larger load can be driven by using lower static current, and the purpose of saving electricity is achieved. In the above embodiment of the present invention, two RC series circuits (R) are used to process the phase margin of the common mode feedback loop after the bandwidth of the main circuit is pushed outC1,CC1And RC2,CC2) The compensation achieves the effect of zero point compensation, and the power consumption of the common mode feedback loop can be saved.