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need level shifting by 0.1V.... obviously not source follower

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Is there a way to level shift by 0.1V?
It obviously cannot be a source follower since VGS>0.1V.
And I'm not interested in cascadeing a PMOS source follower and a NMOS source follower to obtain voltage difference.
Capacitive level shifting is also not an option...

Is there anything out there?
I've been doing literature search but,, I'm pretty stuck..... :sad:
 

Why don't you try a native Vt transistor. It would have Vt very close to zero.
I don't know whether it would work cross corners though.
 

Why not try a negative feedback op-amp with tunable resistor.
 

How much circuitry are you willing to tolerate, or create?

In an IC I'd set up a buffer amp with a fixed load current
and a resistor giving the 0.1V drop, and rebuffer that again
to get low output impedance, if this was general purpose
with varying load.
 

I can't imagine any good reason for a 0.1V level shifter. But if Vcc is higher than the Vh level, simply use a pullup resistor of appropriate value. Compute the ESR of the driver from the VI curve and apply ohms law to pull up 0.1V or more.
 
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