High-drive and linear CMOS class-AB pseudo-differential amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 112-116

  Giustolisi, Gianluca ^a   Grasso, Alfio Dario ^a   Pennisi, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Class AB; CMOS; differential pair; transconductor

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

COMMON-MODE FEEDBACK SECTION; HIGH-CURRENT DRIVE CAPABILITY; INPUT DIFFERENTIAL RANGE; QUIESCENT CURRENT;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33947574144     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2006.886239     Document Type: Article

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