Integrated front-end preamplifier dedicated to ultrasonic receivers

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 1103-1106

  Chebli, R ^a   Kassem, A ^a   Sawan, M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Logarithmic Amplifier; Mixed signal IC; Preamplifier; TGC; TLA; Ultrasonic Systems

Indexed keywords

MIXED SIGNAL; PREAMPLIFIER; TGC; TLA; ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS;

LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

EID: 33645631917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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