FT integrator - A new class of tuneable low-distortion instantaneous companding integrators for very high-frequency applications

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

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1212-1219

  Worapishet, Apisak ^a   Toumazou, Chris ^b  

^a MAHANAKORN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active resonators; Bipolar analog integrated circuits; Continuous time filters; Current mode circuit; Instantaneous companding; Transistor only integrators

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPANDOR CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; RESONATORS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

BIPOLAR ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTINUOUS-TIME FILTERS; CURRENT-MODE CIRCUITS; VERY HIGH-FREQUENCY LOW-DISTORTION INTEGRATORS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

EID: 0032165819     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.718588     Document Type: Article

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