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Two-stage amplifier in an electronic circuit
The cascode is a two-stage amplifier that consists of a common emitter stage feeding into a common base stage when using bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) or alternatively a common source stage feeding a common gate stage when using field-effect transistors (FETs). Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CascodeA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Design and Analysis of a Cascode Distributed LNA With Gain and Noise Improvement in 0.15-μm GaAs pHEMT TechnologyInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: How to gain gainThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A high-swing, high-impedance MOS cascode circuitCited 423 times
- Go sideways: Common sourceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Common gateA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A two-stage amplifier consisting of a common-emitter stage feeding into a common-base stage.
Verb To use or equip with a cascode.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A high-swing, high-impedance MOS cascode circuit
Evaluation and Application of 600 V GaN HEMT in Cascode Structure
The Recycling Folded Cascode: A General Enhancement of the Folded Cascode Amplifier
1.25-Gb/s Regulated Cascode CMOS Transimpedance Amplifier for Gigabit Ethernet Applications
Package Parasitic Inductance Extraction and Simulation Model Development for the High-Voltage Cascode GaN HEMT
Analytical Loss Model of High Voltage GaN HEMT in Cascode Configuration
A 2.4-ghz 0.18-μm cmos self-biased cascode power amplifier
Performance and Reliability Review of 650 V and 900 V Silicon and SiC Devices: MOSFETs, Cascode JFETs and IGBTs
🆕 Influential since 2022
Design and Analysis of a Cascode Distributed LNA With Gain and Noise Improvement in 0.15-μm GaAs pHEMT Technology
Robustness of Cascode GaN HEMTs in Unclamped Inductive Switching
A 4-bit Calibration-Free Computing-In-Memory Macro With 3T1C Current-Programed Dynamic-Cascode Multi-Level-Cell eDRAM
Cascode Cross-Coupled Stage High-Speed Dynamic Comparator in 65 nm CMOS
A Compact, Low-Power, Low-NF, Millimeter-Wave Cascode LNA With Magnetic Coupling Feedback in 22-nm FD-SOI CMOS for 5G Applications
📚 Books worth reading
How to gain gainBurkhard Vogel · 2008- 📕A fast-settling folded-cascode CMOS operational amplifierMahmoud A. Abu-Dayeh · 1988
A New Family of CMOS Cascode-Free Amplifiers with High Energy-Efficiency and Improved GainRicardo Filipe Sereno Póvoa, João Carlos da Palma Goes · 2018- 📕Optimale realisierung von mehrstufigen Cascode-SchaltkreisenKlaus Hoffmann · 1991
CMOS analog circuit designP. E. Allen · 2011
Mismatch and noise in modern IC processesAndrew Marshall · 2009
Analog Circuit DesignPeter D. Hiscocks · 2010
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