A robust feedforward compensation scheme for multistage operational transconductance amplifiers with no miller capacitors

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 237-243

  Thandri, Bharath Kumar ^a   Silva Martínez, José ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuits; Feedforward techniques; Multistage amplifiers; Operational transconductance amplifiers (OTA); Phase compensation

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE; TRANSISTORS;

MILLER CAPACITORS;

OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037321176     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2002.807410     Document Type: Article

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