A translinear circuit for piecewise-linear approximation of nonlinear functions

Microelectronics Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 441-444

  Abuelma'atti, Muhammad Taher ^a   Abed, Sofian Mustafa ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; INTEGRATION; MIRRORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR BASED REALIZATION; CURRENT SOURCE; NONLINEAR FUNCTION; PIECEWISE LINEAR APPROXIMATION; TRANSLINEAR CIRCUIT;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0032117863     PISSN: 00262692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0026-2692(97)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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