Linear transconductor with rail-to-rail input swing for very large time constant applications

Electronics Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 1069-1070

  Gozzini, F ^a   Ferrari, G ^a   Sampietro, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; RESISTORS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

CUTOFF FREQUENCIES; HIGH SENSITIVITY INTEGRATORS; INPUT SWING; TIME CONSTANT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33748758439     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20061709     Document Type: Article

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