Variable gain amplifiers based on a new approximation method to realize the exponential function

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

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1348-1354

  Abdelfattah, Khaled M ^a   Soliman, Ahmed M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Electronics and Electrical Communication Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Variable gain amplifiers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; GAIN CONTROL;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0036745043     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2002.802365     Document Type: Article

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