Analog Universal Active Device: Theory, Design and Applications

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-168

  Cabeza, Rafael ^a,b   Carlosena, Alfonso ^a,b,c,d  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Inst of Sign and Info Processing   (China)

^d Technology of Transfer Office

Author keywords

Active devices; Active networks; Current conveyors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; BUFFER CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

CURRENT CONVEYORS; GENERAL IMPEDANCE CONVERTER; UNIVERSAL ACTIVE DEVICE;

LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031077293     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008221227001     Document Type: Article

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