A CMOS low-noise instrumentation amplifier using chopper modulation

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 42, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 65-76

  Nielsen, Jannik Hammel ^a   Bruun, Erik ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chopper modulation; Implantable microsystem; Low noise; Low power; Neural sensor

Indexed keywords

CHOPPER MODULATION; IMPLANTABLE MICROSYSTEMS; NEURAL SENSORS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; MODULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL NOISE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 4544255794     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ALOG.0000042329.18883.8a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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