CMOS output stages for low-voltage power supplies

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

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-104

  Palmisano, G ^a   Palumbo, G ^a   Salerno, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

GAIN BANDWIDTH;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0033896882     PISSN: 10577130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/82.821549     Document Type: Article

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