CMOS Active-LC Bandpass Filters With Coupled-Inductor Q-Enhancement and Center Frequency Tuning

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-76

  Bantas, Sotiris ^a   Koutsoyannopoulos, Yorgos ^a  

^a Helic SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Active LC filters; center frequency tuning; integrated filters; integrated inductors; Q enhancement

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; OPTIMIZATION; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; TOPOLOGY; ACTIVE FILTERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; TUNING;

ACTIVE LC FILTERS; CENTER FREQUENCY TUNING; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; Q ENHANCEMENT;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

CENTER FREQUENCY TUNING; INTEGRATED FILTERS; INTEGRATED INDUCTORS; Q ENHANCEMENT; SPIRAL TRANSFORMER; TRIPLE COUPLED INDUCTOR;

EID: 1542273565     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2003.821521     Document Type: Editorial

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