2. Biasing with Electronic Current Sources
• Differential amplifiers are biased using electronicV
CC
current sources to stabilise the operating pointRC RC
v
C1 vC2
and increase effective value of R to improveQ2 EEQ1
CMRR.v1
+
-
+
- v2
I
EE
- VEE
• Electronic current source has a DC current equal
to I (or I ) and an output resistance equal toV
DD
EE SS
R (or R ).EE SSRD RD
v
D2
v
D1
M1 M2
• DC model of the electronic current source is a
DC current source, I (or I ) while AC model isv1
+
-
+
v2
- EE SSI
SS
a resistance R (or R ).EE SS-VSS
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