A general translinear principle for subthreshold MOS transistors

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 607-616

  Serrano Gotarredona, Teresa ^a,b   Linares Barranco, Bernabé ^a,b   Andreou, Andreas G ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cmos analog integrated circuits; Current mode circuits; Low power circuits; Nonlinear circuits; Subthreshold circuits; Translinear circuits; Very large scale integration

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIODES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT MODE CIRCUITS; LOW POWER CIRCUITS; SUBTHRESHOLD CIRCUITS; SUBTHRESHOLD MOS TRANSISTORS; TRANSLINEAR CIRCUITS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0032638030     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/81.762926     Document Type: Article

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