A current-feedback instrumentation amplifier with 5 μv offset for bidirectional high-side current-sensing

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2769-2775

  Witte, Johan F ^a   Huijsing, Johan H ^a   Makinwa, Kofi A A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auto zero; Chopper; CMOS analog integrated circuits; Current sense; Instrumentation amplifier

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; ANALOG CIRCUITS; CHOPPERS (CIRCUITS); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INSTRUMENTS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

AUTO-ZERO; CHOPPER; CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT-SENSE; INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 57849146866     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2005695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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