Design of flash analog-to-digital converters using resonant-tunneling circuits

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E87-C, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1863-1868

  Tsuji, Yuuki ^a   Waho, Takao ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flash analog to digital converter; HEMT; InP; Multi input gate; Resonant tunneling diode

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIODES; GATES (TRANSISTOR); HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

FLASH ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; INP; MULTI-INPUT GATES; RESONANT-TUNNELING DIODES;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 10444240194     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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