Folding/Folded Amplifier -> Current Source Design

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connor maynes

Joined Apr 26, 2018
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I am designing a folding amplifier. Currently, the design works with an ideal current source; however, my end goal is to implement the circuit on a breadboard and then a PCB. I have already attempted to use a current mirror, but this does not work as the current fluctuates.

Could someone please give me some suggestions, keeping in mind I am a novice?

Here are the files thus far:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w6JczNHLYZ1Xf-7aiAARTZIr-SF3H00S?usp=sharing
 

crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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The "current fluctuates" tells us little.
How much does it fluctuate, over what conditions, and what is the maximum fluctuation you can tolerate?
 

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connor maynes

Joined Apr 26, 2018
3
I will try to be clearer. I expected nearly perfectly constant current from the current mirror, but instead I get the following when I run a DC sweep on the input voltage Vin from 0 to 1 V in steps of 0.001.

 

Thread Starter

connor maynes

Joined Apr 26, 2018
3
I am designing a folding amplifier. Currently, the design works with an ideal current source; however, my end goal is to implement the circuit on a breadboard and then a PCB. I have already attempted to use a current mirror, but this does not work as the current fluctuates.

Could someone please give me some suggestions, keeping in mind I am a novice?

Here are the files thus far:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w6JczNHLYZ1Xf-7aiAARTZIr-SF3H00S?usp=sharing
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crutschow

Joined Mar 14, 2008
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With a transistor Vgs threshold of about 0.68V you don't have a lot of dynamic range to play with.
Using only a 1V supply it's only about 0.3V and it's likely that the transistors are simply cutting off.
Try using higher bias voltages.
 
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