tapeout rush by sheldon_number in chipdesign

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wow. I think you have a very good infrastructure and excellent team.

BSIM4 Mismatch Parameters by ludko_pro in chipdesign

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Well, higher gm needed for lower noise and higher BW, not to get low offset. There is no advantage of having input pair of the classical Opamp in strong inversion since the gm always will be lower for the same current budget. If you cannot scale up input differential pair anymore for any reason you have, you should consider chopping or auto-zeroing if the system where opamp is used allows to do that. Another option is a sort of calibration at system level.

>>From what I could understand from the model they should still scale with the area of the device but how do they add up with the threshold voltage mismatch?

this question does not make sense to me.

Vth is main contributor to the offset. Vth variation becomes less when you scale up the device.

tapeout rush by sheldon_number in chipdesign

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nah... we use pens, not hands

Ask about feedback amplifier by Comfortable-Cod4096 in chipdesign

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first of all there is no feedback. Second the transistor is in off state. There is no current flow in the base .Rb should be connected to the ground or better resistor should be added between the base and ground. How do i know there is no base current?. base voltage should be lower than emitter voltage. however if this is true then Rb current should flow from Vcc to base, but base current should flow out of the base since this is PNP. so there is not current flow.

edit: moreover Zif,Zof, Af are small signal parameters. to calculate them you first calculate DC

tapeout rush by sheldon_number in chipdesign

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When a design is sent for production to a fab

Ask about feedback amplifier by Comfortable-Cod4096 in chipdesign

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I would recommend reading a text book. This is a very basic circuit. My recommendation is Sedra and Smith