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In the current mirror shown in fig. 2, all the MOSFETs are to be operated in saturation region with overdrive voltage of 0.2 V. Take μpCox = 200 μA/V2 (a) Find the IREF value at which this current mirror works best if R = 20 kΩ. (b) Design the current mirror to obtain IO = 20 μA. (c) What is the maximum voltage possible at node X for this current mirror to work well, if Vdd = 1.8 V?

In the current mirror shown in fig. 2, all the MOSFETs are to be operated in saturation region with overdrive voltage of 0.2 V. Take μpCox = 200 μA/V2 (a) Find the IREF value at which this current mirror works best if R = 20 kΩ. (b) Design the current mirror to obtain IO = 20 μA. (c) What is the maximum voltage possible at node X for this current mirror to work well, if Vdd = 1.8 V?

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In the current mirror shown in fig. 2 , all the MOSFETs are to be operated in saturation region with overdrive voltage of 0.2 V . Take μ p C o x = 200 μ A / V 2 (a) Find the I R E F value at which this current mirror works best if R = 20 k Ω . (b) Design the current mirror to obtain I O = 20 μ A . (c) What is the maximum voltage possible at node X for this current mirror to work well, if V d d = 1.8 V ?

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