Theory and performance of parabolic true logarithmic amplifier

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-228

  Acciari, G ^a   Giannini, F ^a   Limiti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallium arsenide; Logarithmic amplifiers; Logarithmic error; Mesfet monolithic technology; Ultrabroadband performance

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; CIRCUIT THEORY; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MESFET DEVICES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PARABOLIC APPROXIMATION; TRUE LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIERS (TGA); ULTRABROADBAND PERFORMANCE;

LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0031211733     PISSN: 13502409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-cds:19971290     Document Type: Article

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