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This differential amplifier has an active current-mirror load. Find Ro and Ad, if the bias current is 0.3 mA, all transistors have a length of 0.4 micron, the differential-pair transistors have W/L of 20 and the process node has μnCOX = 500 μA/V2 and |VA′| = 6 V/μm. What value of a load resistor will halve the gain?

This differential amplifier has an active current-mirror load. Find Ro and Ad, if the bias current is 0.3 mA, all transistors have a length of 0.4 micron, the differential-pair transistors have W/L of 20 and the process node has μnCOX = 500 μA/V2 and |VA′| = 6 V/μm. What value of a load resistor will halve the gain?

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This differential amplifier has an active current-mirror load. Find R o and A d , if the bias current is 0.3 m A , all transistors have a length of 0.4 micron, the differential-pair transistors have W/L of 20 and the process node has μ n C O x = 500 μ A / V 2 and | V A ′ | = 6 V / μ m . What value of a load resistor will halve the gain?

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