A low-power CMOS VGA with 60-dB linearly controlled gain range for GPS application

International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology Proceedings, ICSICT

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1669-1672

  Lei, Qianqian ^a   Chen, Zhiming ^a   Shi, Yin ^b   Xu, Qiming ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Suzhou CAS Semiconductors Integrated Technology Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; EXPONENTIAL EQUATIONS; GAIN STAGES; GPS APPLICATIONS; LINEAR GAINS; LOW-POWER; MAXIMUM GAINS; NOISE VOLTAGES; POWER DISSIPATIONS; VARIABLE GAINS; VARIABLE-GAIN AMPLIFIERS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; VIDEO AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 60649116800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSICT.2008.4734873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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