Why telescopic has superior noise performance?

Status
Not open for further replies.

oscarcot

Junior Member level 1
Joined
Feb 26, 2010
Messages
18
Helped
0
Reputation
0
Reaction score
0
Trophy points
1,281
Location
Germany
Activity points
1,468
Hi guys,

please, somebody tell me, why is the telescopic amplifier supposed to have a superior noise performance compared to other amplifiers? Regarding the folded cascode, it's ok, we have more transistors producing noise.

But, what about the ordinary 2-stage Miller amplifier?, or a simple current-mirror loaded differential amplifier? I checked the thermal noise equations in the Noise chapter of the Razavi book, and they all look practically the same: "16kT/3( 1/gm1^2+ gm2/gm1^2) + ..."

Am I supposed to expect the same noise performance of a telescopic and a two-stage Miller amplifier with same transistor sizes?

Cheers and thanks,
Oscar
 

Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Cookies are required to use this site. You must accept them to continue using the site. Learn more…