u/electrolitica

(Edit: schematic shown is a simplified version of Fig. 18 in this paper.)

Today I ran into the circuit below for biasing cascodes, which I never saw before. What would be the advantage(s) of generating the cascode bias voltages (Vcp, Vcn) in this way? (I mean, compared to classic approaches like the ones in this post)?

Since in the circuit below the generation is achieved through both NMOS and PMOS diodes, is it perhaps better across corners due to some weird NMOS/PMOS cancellation effect?

Thanks in advance for any ideas!

P.S. Or if anyone knows an early reference proposing this type of biasing, that would also be great!

https://preview.redd.it/juep41ac8y1h1.png?width=947&format=png&auto=webp&s=ba571bfc837af6eb39c72d346ba2c8ab0fe189bb

Edit: thanks for the replies, it's been identified.

Found the pic below in an ISSCC presentation (Tx and Rx chips side-by-side); seems some sort of socket for a packaged chip. Does any body know what is called?
Thanks in advance for any help!

https://preview.redd.it/grhuhpczqyzg1.png?width=565&format=png&auto=webp&s=8e0848108c968401b7b68cb4151d60c85e7216aa

Hi! I need to travel to Timisoara and then drive to a town 1hr away to pick up a friend. I want to rent a car for this.
What car rental do you recommend at the Timisoara airport? There seems to be some options on the airport website... are they pretty much the same?
Thanks in advance for any advice!

Edit: Thanks to everyone for your replies! Apparently it's not an issue of Notepad++, but of my laptop (Dell Latitude 5430) not having an equivalent to the "numeric keypad +" key.
I nevertheless was able to suit my needs by redefining the zoom-in / zoom-out shortcuts as per u/J-G-Froejk's advice.
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As per the title. I tried CTRL + "+", but it does nothing on my laptop.
(CTRL + "mouse wheel" works fine, but I rarely have a mouse connected to my laptop nowadays!)
Thanks for any help!