Automated design of operational transconductance amplifiers using reversed geometric programming

Proceedings - Design Automation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 133-138

  Vanderhaegen, Johan P ^a   Brodersen, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; Operational transconductance amplifiers; Reversed geometric programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); AUTOMATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIERS; REVERSED GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING;

TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

EID: 4444349453     PISSN: 0738100X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/996566.996608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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