High-dynamic-range VGA with temperature compensation and linear-in-dB gain control

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2019-2024

  Carrara, Francesco ^a,b,c   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Radio Frequency Advanced Design Center (RF ADC)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Linear in db gain control; Temperature compensation; Variable gain amplifier (VGA); Wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA)

Indexed keywords

LINEAR-IN-DB GAIN CONTROL; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; VARIABLE-GAIN AMPLIFIERS (VGA); WIDEBAND CODE-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (WCDMA);

BIPOLAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; GAIN CONTROL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 27844592159     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2005.852827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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