Multiple operating points in a CMOS log-domain filter

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

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 705-710

  Fox, Robert M ^a   Nagarajan, Mahalingam ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR NETWORKS; STABILITY;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; LOG DOMAIN FILTER; TRANSLINEAR CIRCUITS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 0033149482     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.769779     Document Type: Article

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