Extension of the Common-Mode Range of Bipolar Input Stages Beyond the Supply Rails of Operational Amplifiers and Comparators

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 750-757

  van der Horn, Gert ^a   Huijsing, Johan H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

BIPOLAR INPUT STAGES; COMMON MODE RANGE; OPERATIONAL COMPARATORS; SUPPLY RAILS;

OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0027625146     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: 1558173X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.222172     Document Type: Article

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