What this 214 project looks like:

In case you’re wondering, this is the ‘topology’ of the amplifier we’re building. Click on the image for a more readable view.

But this is just for looks. When it comes to entering this into our simulator, you have to define it all by hand. An example would be:

* Input NMOS Gain devices
M1a     cn     vim     tail     0     nch214     W=’W1′     L=’L1′
M1b     cp     vip     tail     0     nch214     W=’W1′     L=’L1′
 
* First Stage NMOS Cascodes
M2a     out1p     vbc_n     cn     0     nch214     W=’W2′     L=’L2′ M=1
M2b     out1m    vbc_n     cp     0     nch214     W=’W2′     L=’L2′ M=1

And so on.  Once you can start to visualize a circuit network though, its faster just entering it in by hand rather than drawing it.

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