Analog Integrated Circuits Design using the Inversion Coefficient

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Christian Enz (christian.enz@epfl.ch)

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23.06.2026

Modified

26.06.2026

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7 Basic Building Blocks

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Elementary gain cells (common-source stages)

7.3 Common-source Stage Optimization using the Inversion Coefficient

7.4 Cascode stages (common-gate stages)

7.5 Source follower (common-drain stages)

7.6 Current mirrors

7.7 Current references

7.8 References