Capacitive coupling and quantized feedback applied to conventional CMOS technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 419-427

  Gabara, Thaddeus J ^a   Fischer, Wilhelm C ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling circuits; Feedback circuits

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; FEEDBACK; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

FEEDBACK CIRCUITS; SELF TRIGGERED DECISION CIRCUIT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031104164     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.557640     Document Type: Article

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