Operational amplifier based on metal-oxide TFT, chip, and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11626845-B2
Application number	US-202117385020-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2021
Priority date	Oct 13, 2020
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is an operational amplifier based on a metal-oxide TFT. The operational amplifier includes an auxiliary amplifier and a bootstrap gain-increasing amplifier. The auxiliary amplifier adopts a two-stage positive feedback structure, including a fifth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eleventh transistor, a first amplifying unit, and a second amplifying unit. A gate of the fifth transistor serves as an input end of the operational amplifier. The bootstrap gain-increasing amplifier includes two second circuits in mutual symmetry. Each of the second circuits includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a current source unit with a bootstrap structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An operational amplifier based on a metal-oxide thin-film transistor (TFT), comprising:
an auxiliary amplifier comprising two first circuits in mutual symmetry, wherein each of the two first circuits is configured to adopt a two-stage positive feedback structure and comprises a fifth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eleventh transistor, a first amplifying unit, and a second amplifying unit, with a gate of the fifth transistor serving as an input end of the operational amplifier, a drain of the fifth transistor being connected to a source of the seventh transistor, a drain of the eleventh transistor, an input end of the first amplifying unit and an input end of the second amplifying unit, an output end of the first amplifying unit being connected to a gate of the seventh transistor, and an output end of the second amplifying unit being connected to a gate of the eleventh transistor;
a bootstrap gain-increasing amplifier comprising two second circuits in mutual symmetry, wherein each of the two second circuits comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, and a current source unit with a bootstrap structure, a gate of the second transistor being connected to the drain of the fifth transistor, a drain of the second transistor being connected to the current source unit, a source of the second transistor being connected to a drain of the first transistor and the gate of the fifth transistor, a source of the first transistor being grounded, and the drain of the second transistor serving as an output end of the operational amplifier.

2. The operational amplifier of claim 1 , wherein the current source unit comprises a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a capacitor;
wherein a gate and a drain of the fourth transistor are both connected to a power source, a source of the fourth transistor is connected to a gate of the third transistor, a drain of the third transistor is connected to the power source, a source of the third transistor is connected to the drain of the second transistor, and the capacitor is connected between the gate and the source of the third transistor in parallel.

3. The operational amplifier of claim 1 , wherein the first circuit further comprises a tenth transistor, a twelfth transistor, and a thirteenth transistor;
wherein a gate of the tenth transistor is connected to the drain of the fifth transistor, a drain of the tenth transistor is connected to the gate of the eleventh transistor and a gate of the twelfth transistor, a drain of the twelfth transistor is connected to a source of the thirteenth transistor, a gate and a drain of the thirteenth transistor are both connected to the power source, the tenth transistor, the twelfth transistor and the thirteenth transistor constitute the first amplifying unit, the drain of the twelfth transistor serves as the output end of the first amplifying unit, and the tenth transistor constitutes the second amplifying unit.

4. The operational amplifier of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary amplifier further comprises a ninth transistor and a fourteenth transistor, and the ninth transistor and the fourteenth transistor both serve as current sources;
wherein a drain of the ninth transistor is connected to a source of the fifth transistor, a gate of the ninth transistor is connected to a first bias voltage, and a source of the ninth transistor is grounded;
a drain of the fourteenth transistor is connected to a source of the eleventh transistor and a source of the twelfth transistor, a gate of the fourteenth transistor is connected to a second bias voltage, and a source of the fourteenth transistor is grounded.

5. The operational amplifier of claim 4 , wherein a gate of the first transistor is connected to the first bias voltage.

6. A chip, comprising the operational amplifier of claim 1 .

7. A chip, comprising the operational amplifier of claim 2 .

8. A chip, comprising the operational amplifier of claim 3 .

9. A chip, comprising the operational amplifier of claim 4 .

10. A chip, comprising the operational amplifier of claim 5 .

11. A design method for an operational amplifier based on a metal-oxide thin-film transistor (TFT), applied to the operational amplifier of claim 1 , comprising:
obtaining a plurality of process parameters of a plurality of transistors, and calculating a width-to-length ratio of all the plurality of transistors according to the plurality of process parameters;
adjusting a voltage value of bias voltage to make all the plurality of transistors operate in a saturation region;
simulating the operational amplifier and thereby obtaining a simulation result, and optimizing and adjusting the width-to-length ratio parameter of the plurality of transistors according to the simulation result.

Assignees

• Univ South China Tech

Inventors

• Chen Rongsheng
• Wen Mingzhu
• Xu Yuming
• Li Hui

Classifications

• H03F1/38

  Positive-feedback circuit arrangements without negative feedback · CPC title

• H03F1/0205

  in transistor amplifiers · CPC title

• H03F3/04 Primary

  with semiconductor devices only · CPC title

• H03F3/45179 Primary

  using MOSFET transistors as the active amplifying circuit (H03F3/45278 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H03F3/45183 Primary

  Long tailed pairs (H03F3/4521, H03F3/45237 take precedence) · CPC title