A low-power, compact, adaptive logarithmic transimpedance amplifier operating over seven decades of current

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2167-2177

  Basu, Arindam ^a   Robucci, Ryan W ^a   Hasler, Paul E ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive circuits; Logarithmic compression; Low power; Nonlinear system; Transimpedance amplifier (TIA)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIAS CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LOGARITHMIC COMPRESSION; TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIER;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 36348949860     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2007.905657     Document Type: Article

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