A very low-power class AB/AB op-amp based sigma-delta modulator for biomedical applications

Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 458-462

  Lopez Morillo E ^a   Carvajal, R G ^a   ElGimili, H ^a   Lopez Martin, Antonio ^b   Ramirez Angulo, Jaime ^c   Rodriguez Villegas E ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOLOGY; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TRANSISTORS;

CARDIAC PACEMAKERS; POST-LAYOUT SIMULATIONS; WEAK INVERSION;

DELTA SIGMA MODULATION;

EID: 34848926026     PISSN: 15483746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSCAS.2006.382311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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