Lecture 5: Telescopic cascode opamp; Swing limits and biasing

Instructor: R. S. Ashwin Kumar (https://home.iitk.ac.in/~ashwinrs/) Full playlist:    • EE 613A: High-frequency analog circuit des...   Course homepage: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~ashwinrs/202... ========================================================================== Video description: In this lecture, the input common-mode range and the output swing limits in a telescopic cascode opamp are calculated. It is noted that this structure severely limits the output swings when used in a unity feedback configuration. Finally, a couple of techniques to generate the bias voltages for the cascode to maximize the output swing are discussed.