Discrete-Time Parametric Amplification Based on a Three-Terminal MOS Varactor: Analysis and Experimental Results

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2087-2093

  Ranganathan, Sanjeev ^a   Tsividis, Yannis ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete time amplification; MOS varactor; Parametric amplifer

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; AMPLIFICATION; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); MOS DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; RESISTORS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DISCRETE-TIME AMPLIFICATION; GATE CHARGES; INVERSION CHARGES;

VARACTORS;

EID: 0348233247     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2003.819162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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