Input Impedance Chopper Stabilized Amplifier with Dual Feedback Loops

Input Impedance Technique 3

  • CCIA(Capacitively-coupled Chopper Instrumental Amplifier) core with RRL(Ripple Reduction Loop) & SS-DSL(Single-slope-assisted DC-servo Loop)

  • PGA and 10b SAR ADC

  • DPFL(Dual Positive Feedback Loops) for impedance boosting

  • Signal generator and automatic calibration logic for external parasitics adaptation

Architecture

  • Power Supply : 1.5V/1.0V

  • Power Consumption : 3.83uW

  • Bandwidth : 1Hz ~ 1kHz

  • CMRR : 92dB

  • PSRR : 100dB

  • Input Referred Noise : 0.36 µV/√Hz at 300Hz BW

  • Dynamic Range : 87.3dB

  • Peak Input : 560mVpp

  • Zin at DC : over 15GΩ

  • Zin at Bandwith(50Hz) : 2GΩ

  • Verified IP

    • CCIA(Capacitively-coupled Chopper Instrumental Amplifier) core with RRL & SS-DSL

    • PGA and 10b SAR ADC

    • DPFL(Dual Positive Feedback Loops) for impedance boosting

    • Signal generator and automatic calibration logic for external parasitics adaptation

Characteristics

  • SNDR(Signal to Noise/Distortion Ratio) : 85.1dB at 1kHz BW

  • IRN(Input Referred Noise) : 1.4 µV/√Hz at 200Hz(8.5 µV/√Hz at 10kHz)

  • CMRR(Common Mode Rejection Ratio) : over 82dB

Performance - SNDR, IRN, CMRR

  • Zin(Input Impedance) : over 421MΩ at DC(147MΩ at 1kHz)

Performance - ZIN

Performance - True ExG Acquisition