A BiCMOS programmable continuous-time filter using image-parameter method synthesis and voltage-companding technique

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-387

  Van Ruymbeke, Gilles ^b,c,d,e   Enz, Christian C ^a,c,d,f,g   Krummenacher, François ^c   Declercq, Michel ^{c,d,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}  

^a IEEE

^b Logitech Europe SA EPFL Quartier de l'Innovation Daniel Borel Innovation Center   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d Swiss Fed Institute of Technology ^*

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

^f Smart Silicon Systems SA   (Switzerland)

^g Electronics Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

ⁱ Stanford University   (Congo)

^j Belg University Cooperation Program

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l Microelectronics Laboratory

^m TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING   (Belgium)

ⁿ Electronics Laboratory

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Author keywords

Active filters; BiCMOS analog integrated circuits; Circuit synthesis; Companding; Continuous time filters; Image parameter method; Nnonlinear circuits; Programmable filters; Transconductance capacitor filters; Tunable filters

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; BANDPASS FILTERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC DISTORTION; LADDER NETWORKS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW PASS FILTERS;

CONTINUOUS TIME FILTER; IMAGE PARAMETER METHOD; PROGRAMMABLE FILTERS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE CAPACITOR FILTERS; TUNABLE FILTERS; VOLTAGE COMPANDING TECHNIQUE;

ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031103015     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.557636     Document Type: Article

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