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    Laboratory 3: Current mirrors

    The MOS device can often be used as a current source. A current mirror is a circuit where the current in

    one branch is mirrored, or copied, in another branch. A) Basic current mirror:

    Setup a current mirror circuit as shown above.


    RVAR is to be varied from 1 kilo-ohm to 100 kilo-ohm, while measuring VOUT and IOUT . You need to plot IOUT as
    a function of VOUT . Further, you need to plot IOUT /IIN as a function of VOUT . Use error-bars in your graph,
    especially since the current measurement will not be very accurate.

    Try to come up with a method to measure the output impedance of the current mirror. Remember to not
    include RVAR. Show the schematic of your experimental setup, and report the output impedance.

    Hint: Instead of +5 volts and 0 volts, you can also use 0 volts and -5 volts. You can also try to use an extra
    power supply source.

    Expectations in your report would be: (1) Clear schematic, (2) Graphs of IOUT and IOUT /IIN vs VOUT , (3)
    Schematic design for output impedance measurement, with values, (4) measured output impedance, (5)
    breadboard photograph.

    B) Amplifier biased using a current mirror:


    A current mirror can be used to bias an amplifier. As opposed to biasing an amplifier with voltages, where
    the current is mostly unknown, a current mirror will force a desired current through the amplifying device and
    set the requisite VGS to obtain the desired current. A current mirror could replace the load (RD) in a common-
    source amplifier.

    Note: For all of the circuits below, you will need two CD4007 ICs. It is not possible to work out a way to use
    just one IC.

    Setup a circuit as shown below:


    1. First remove all the capacitors from the circuit and measure the DC operating point of all the devices.
    Report the measured current in the reference branch of the current mirror; report DC voltages at all
    nodes. Are all the devices in saturation?
    2. Now incorporate the capacitors into the circuit. Measure the small signal gain of the circuit, vout/vin at
    different frequencies ranging from .100Hz to 1MHz. There should be at least 5 measurement points in
    each decade.

    Another current biased amplifier can be built in an inverted fashion:

    1. Like earlier, first setup, measure and report the DC operating point conditions of the devices. All
    voltages and current through the reference branch are to be reported.
    2. Incorporate the capacitors into the circuit and measure the small signal incremental voltage gain over
    frequencies ranging from 100Hz to 1MHz. There should be at least 5 measurement points in each
    decade.
    3. What is the primary difference between this amplifier structure and the earlier one? Compare your
    results and comment.
    A third amplifier topology could be built out of the basic DC operating point circuit that we had earlier, with RS
    replaced by a current mirror.

    1. First setup the DC part of the circuit. Work out values of R1 and R2 such that the devices are all in
    saturation. Report final values of R1, R2, as well as the DC operating point information related to the
    circuit.
    2. Now incorporate the capacitors into the circuit and measure the small signal incremental gain, vout/vin,
    over a range of frequencies from 100Hz to 1MHz.
    3. How is this circuit style different from the ones earlier? Comment on performance of this circuit as
    opposed to the earlier two.

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