Class AB output stage for low voltage CMOS op-amps with accurate quiescent current control

Electronics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 1753-1754

  Torralba, A ^a   Carvajal, R G ^a   Martinez Heredia, J ^a   Ramirez Angulo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b New Mexico State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; SIMULATION; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

QUIESCENT CURRENT CONTROL;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034300503     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20001247     Document Type: Article

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