A 95-dB linear low-power variable gain amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1648-1657

  Duong, Quoc Hoang ^a   Le, Quan ^a   Kim, Chang Wan ^a   Lee, Sang Gug ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amplifier; Analog; Automatic gain control (AGC); Transceiver; Variable gain amplifier (VGA)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); APPROXIMATION THEORY; GAIN CONTROL; TRANSCEIVERS;

APPROXIMATED EXPONENTIAL EQUATION; AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC); GAIN VARIATION; LOW-POWER AMPLIFIER; VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER (VGA);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33748187613     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.879058     Document Type: Article

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