ESPOL Polytechnic University

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electronic Applications
Autonomous Assignment
II term 2017-2018
Name: __________________________________________________ Date:__________

After reading the attached document about basic CMOS current mirrors, answer
the following.

1) Deduce an expression for the output impedance Zo of a cascode current

mirror.
2) Explain the reason of using a cascode current mirror, against a single current
mirror (regarding its output impedance).

Figure 1: Simple current mirror Figure 2: Cascode current mirror

Elaborado por: David Vaca, MSc;