Compact CMOS current conveyor for integrated NEMS resonators

IET Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Arcamone, J ^a   Misischi, B ^a   Serra Graells, F ^a   Van Den Boogaart, M A F ^b   Brugger, J ^b   Torres, F ^c   Abadal, G ^c   Barniol, N ^c   Perez Murano F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVEYORS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; LITHOGRAPHY; METALS; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POWDERS; POWER GENERATION; RESONATORS; STANDARDS; VIBRATING CONVEYORS;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CLOSED LOOPS; CMOS CURRENT CONVEYORS; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); DC BIASING; ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FULLY INTEGRATED; LOW POWERS; MECHANICAL FREQUENCIES; NANO CANTILEVERS; NANO DEVICES; NANO ELECTRO MECHANICAL (NEM) SYSTEMS; NANOSTENCIL LITHOGRAPHY; POST-PROCESSING; PRESSURE LEVELS; READ-OUT CIRCUIT; SECOND GENERATION CURRENT CONVEYOR (CCII); STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 46249110659     PISSN: 1751858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds:20070320     Document Type: Article

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