Programmable Gm-C filters using floating-gate operational transconductance amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-491

  Chawla, Ravi ^a,c   Adil, Farhan ^b   Serrano, Guillermo ^a   Hasler, Paul E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SILICON LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Common mode feedback (CMFB); Electron tunneling; FG; FGMOS; Floating gate operational transconductance amplifier (FG OTA); Hot electron injection; Quality factor (Q)

Indexed keywords

BIAS CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

COMMON-MODE FEEDBACK; FLOATING-GATE OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER; SECOND-ORDER SECTIONS;

OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34047180503     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.887473     Document Type: Article

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