A Large-Signal Very Low-Distortion Transconductor For High-Frequency Continuous-Time Filters

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 946-955

  SilvAMartinez, José ^a   Steyaert, Michel S J ^a   Sansen, Willy M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS--APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS--APPLICATIONS; TRANSDUCERS--APPLICATIONS;

BIQUADRATIC FILTERS; CONTINUOUS-TIME FILTERS; LARGE SIGNAL TRANSCONDUCTORS; OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER (OTA); TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION (THD); VOLTAGE-TO-CURRENT TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC FILTERS;

EID: 0026186376     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.92014     Document Type: Article

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