Class-AB SiC CMOS power opamp with stable voltage gain over wide temperature range

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Chen, J S ^a   Kornegay, K T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive biasing; Miller compensation; Opamp compensation; Power opamp; Temperature compensation

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SILICON CARBIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADAPTIVE BIASING; BIAS CIRCUIT; BIAS VOLTAGES; LINEAR APPROXIMATION; MILLER COMPENSATION; POWER OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VOLTAGE GAIN; VOLTAGE REFERENCE;

OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031073598     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:19970828     Document Type: Article

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