Constant-gm constant-slew-rate high-bandwidth low-voltage rail-to-rail CMOS input stage for VLSI cell libraries

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1364-1372

  Carrillo, Juan M ^a   Duque Carrillo, J Francisco ^a   Torelli, Guido ^b   Ausín, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; Constant gm; Constant slew rate; Low voltage; Operational amplifiers; Rail to rail input stages

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; SATURABLE CORE REACTORS;

CELL LIBRARIES;

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 0043198153     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.814430     Document Type: Article

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