A one-dimensional analog VLSI implementation for nonlinear real-time signal preprocessing

Real-Time Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 127-142

  Wiehler, K ^a   Heers, J ^b   Schnorr C ^c   Stiehl, H S ^b   Grigat, R R ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

NONLINEAR REGULARIZATION;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035251412     PISSN: 10072014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtim.1999.0218     Document Type: Article

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