Design Criteria for Low Distortion in Feedback Opamp Circuits

List of Figures. List of Tables. Symbols and Abbreviations. Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. <strong>1: Introduction. 1.1.</strong> Motivation. <strong>1.2.</strong> Earlier Work. <strong>1.3.</strong> Design Issues for Low Nonlinear Distortion. <strong>1.4.</strong> Outline. <strong>1.5.</strong> Summary. <strong>2: Specification and Analysis of Nonlinear</strong> <strong>Circuits. 2.1.</strong> Linearity Specifications. <strong>2.2.</strong> Volterra Series. <strong>2.3.</strong> Phasor Method. <strong>2.4.</strong> Concluding Remarks. <strong>3: Biasing and Opamp Modeling</strong> <strong>for Low Distortion. 3.1.</strong> Biasing for Robust Linearity Performance. <strong>3.2</strong> Opamp Modeling for Nonlinear Analysis. <strong>4: Nonlinear Analyzes of</strong> <strong>Feedback Miller Opamp. 4.1.</strong> The Non-Inverting. <strong>4.2.</strong> The Inverting Configuration. <strong>4.3.</strong> Concluding Remarks. <strong>5: Opamp Circuits with High</strong> <strong>Linearity Performance. <strong>5.1.</strong></strong> Measurement System. <strong>5.2.</strong> A 1.8V CMOS Opamp with -77.5dB HD2 and HD3 at 80MHz. <strong>5.3.</strong> A 3.3V CMOS Opamp with -80dB HD3 at 80 MHz. <strong>5.4.</strong> A 3.3V CMOS Current Opamp with -63dB HD3 at 100MHz. <strong>5.5.</strong> A 3.3V CMOS Unity-Gain Opamp with -80dB HD3 at 10MHz. <strong>5.6.</strong> Concluding Remarks. <strong>6: Conclusions and Discussions. 6.1.</strong> Opamp Topologies Versus Linearity. <strong>Appendix A:</strong>Transistor Model. <strong>Appendix B:</strong> Closed Loop Opamp Transfer Functions. <strong>Appendix C:</strong> Open Loop Opamp Transfer Functions.