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Current Mirror Design and Analysis Guide

The document outlines an experiment for EEE418 focused on designing and comparing simple and Wilson current mirrors. It details the objectives, introduction to current mirrors, and step-by-step procedures for constructing and analyzing both types of circuits using SPICE software. Additionally, it includes report questions aimed at evaluating students' understanding of current mirror applications and performance differences.

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Current Mirror Design and Analysis Guide

The document outlines an experiment for EEE418 focused on designing and comparing simple and Wilson current mirrors. It details the objectives, introduction to current mirrors, and step-by-step procedures for constructing and analyzing both types of circuits using SPICE software. Additionally, it includes report questions aimed at evaluating students' understanding of current mirror applications and performance differences.

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Department of Electrical and Electronic

Engineering

EEE418: Analog Integrated Circuits

Experiment-01: Implementation and Performance Comparison of Simple and Wilson Current Mirrors.

sDS Objectives: Students will learn how to design basic current mirrors for various applications.

Introduction: Current mirror is a circuit that copies the current in a device and controls the current
in another device by maintaining the output current stable. Current mirrors function as a more
practical current source, they are widely used to bias currents to circuits. They come in different
forms and complexities, the simplest current mirror circuit uses only two transistors (BJT or FET),
as shown below:

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Figure 01: A simple circuit mirror.

Procedure:

1. Add two nmos4 transistors, mirror the transistor on the left as in Figure 02.

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Figure 02: NMOS4 transistors.

2. Click on SPICE [Link], write: .include [Link] as in Figure 03:

Figure 03: Including [Link].

3. Right click on each of the transistors, set their parameters as illustrated in Figure 04:

Figure 04: Set the parameters as followed.


4. Connect the current mirror circuit in Figure 05:

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Figure 05: A simple MOS current mirror.

5. Run DC sweep analysis with the specifications in Figure 06:

Figure 06: DC analysis.

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6. Plot Drain current of both the transistors Figure 07:

Figure 07: Drain currents of Transistors 1 & 2.

The second part of this experiment is about Wilson Current Mirror which is an enhanced circuit
configuration designed to provide a more constant current source. Refer to Figure 08, connect the
circuit using the same transistors and voltage sources (you may create copies of them).

Figure 08: Wilson Current Mirror.

Run this circuit with the exact same DC sweep parameters as in the first circuit, Figure 09 depicts
how the drain currents overlay each other (unlike in the previous current mirror).

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Figure 09: Drain currents for Wilson Current Mirror.

Report Questions:

1. 1. What is the purpose of a current mirror in analog circuit design, and what are some of
its common applications?
2. Why does the Wilson current mirror perform better than a simple current mirror, and how
does its feedback mechanism enhance output resistance?
3. Plot the difference (ID2 - ID1) and explain the observed variation from the figure 05
MOSFET mirror circuit transistors.
4. Derive the relationship between the reference current and output current in a simple
MOSFET current mirror.

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