This paper presents the small-signal operation of a gm-boosted inverter-cascode transimpedance amplifier which has not been reported previously and whose comprehensive analysis is not available in any reported article or text-book. A simplified sequential equivalent-circuit method is employed which eliminates the need for complicated circuit analysis techniques. The analysis shows that the gain and the gain-bandwidth of the gm-boosted inverter-cascode transimpedance-amplifier is enhanced by the gain of the gm-boosting amplifier. This is due to the increased output impedance of the TIA, and, the reduced input-referred miller-effect capacitance through miller-effect trade-off employing the gm-boosting loop. To verify the actual performance improvement achieved, circuit simulation results as well as measured experimental results are also provided.
