Current mode techniques for sub-pico-ampere circuit design

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 103-119

  Linares Barranco, Bernabé ^a   Serrano Gotarredona, Teresa ^a   Serrano Gotarredona, Rafael ^a   Serrano Gotarredona, Clara ^a  

^a Centro Informatico Cientifico de Andalucia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analog VLSI circuits; Leakage current; Micropower; Very low time constants; Weak inversion

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LOW PASS FILTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VLSI CIRCUITS;

CURRENT MODE TECHNIQUE; MICROPOWER; SUB PICO AMPERE CIRCUIT DESIGN;

LINEAR NETWORK SYNTHESIS;

EID: 1442313969     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:alog.0000011162.52504.39     Document Type: Article

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