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It is required to design the cascode current source of the figure to provide a current of 1 mA and output resistance of 100 kohm. Assume VDD = 3V, Vtp, = -0.5V, unCox = 400uA/V^2 and VA' = -5V/um. Use |Vov| = 0.5V . Determine L and W for each transistor and VG3 and VG4 bias voltages. Show operations you do. Results written without operations won't get any points!

It is required to design the cascode current source of the figure to provide a current of 1 mA and output resistance of 100 kohm. Assume VDD = 3V, Vtp, = -0.5V, unCox = 400uA/V^2 and VA' = -5V/um. Use |Vov| = 0.5V . Determine L and W for each transistor and VG3 and VG4 bias voltages. Show operations you do. Results written without operations won't get any points!

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It is required to design the cascode current source of the figure to provide a current of 1 mA and output resistance of 100 kohm. Assume VDD = 3V, Vtp, = -0.5V, unCox = 400uA/V^2 and VA' = -5V/um. Use |Vov| = 0.5V . Determine L and W for each transistor and VG3 and VG4 bias voltages. Show operations you do. Results written without operations won't get any points!

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