please tell me what is active load , current mirror

Dec 02, 2004 6 Replies

when i am going through my book i read about active load & current mirror .Current mirror can be used as an active load . please explain me about these things with examples . Why should we consider these things at the time of circuit design ?



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The reason to consider those things at the time of circuit design is: if you use passive load, the voltage drop will increase when the current is increasing...

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