Harmonic distortion on class ab cmos current output stages

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Palmisano, G ^a   Palumbo, G ^a   Pennisi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE NETWORKS; CASCADE CONNECTIONS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MODULATION; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TRANSISTORS;

CHANNEL LENGTH MODULATION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0031997794     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.661662     Document Type: Article

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