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In this paper, an efficient frequency compensation method is investigated for a four-stage CMOS amplifier. The frequency compensation network includes two sets of capacitors at the differential block output. The proposed compensated amplifier is described symbolically to obtain the transfer function. Meanwhile, the proposed configuration is designed at the circuit level and is simulated via 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS technology. Compared to the other existing methods, the proposed amplifier satisfies the figure of merits considerably. This stems from the fact that lower capacitor values are used to perform compensation, leading to lower die occupation, and reach boosted gain bandwidth products. Leveraging both the configuration and design procedure, a high-performance four-stage is presented in this paper.

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Bulk-driven technique has been verified to be a promising candidate in the area of low-voltage lowpower techniques. In this paper, current conveyer based-multiplier utilizing bulk-driven technique has been proposed. The proposed circuit was implemented based on CMOS technology to put a step forward in the field of low-voltage low-power applications. The circuit has been simulated at ±0.4 V supply voltage and total power dissipation 60.8 µW. The simulation results have been included to prove the theoretical consideration.

Nowadays cascode structures or vertical arrangements of MOSFETs can not satisfy demands regarding high gain amplifiers. As a direct result, the only promising choice turns to Multi-stage amplifiers via cascading gain stages. The challenge here is stability issues which shows itself by different frequency compensation. All problem starts with increasing number of nodes and consequent poles. The poles degenerate phase of system and need to be controlled. In this work, a five-stage amplifier is targeted for a new and efficient frequency compensation technique. The major contribution of proposed approach is using only two Miller capacitors with considerable small values (10 pF) compared to load capacitor (500 pF). This achieved via exploiting two differential active stages which intensify Miller effect and provide capability to share Miller capacitor at multiple loops simultaneously. The proposed amplifier with corresponding frequency compensation is described symbolically while a circuit level implementation is performed via HSPICE circuit simulator and TSMC 0.18 μm CMOS technology. Based on simulation results, the proposed amplifier expresses a DC gain of 195 dB, a gain bandwidth product of 15.2 MHz, a phase margin of 90 , and a power dissipation of 570 μW.