A ± 0.75-V compact CMOS Class-AB current-mode exponential variable gain amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1042-1046

  De La Cruz Blas, Carlos A ^a   López Martín, Antonio ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

CMOS analog integrated circuits; Current mode circuit; Low voltage; Variable gain amplifier (VGA)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CMOS ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CURRENT AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS; CURRENT-MODE CIRCUIT; LOW VOLTAGES; POWER EFFICIENCY; PSEUDO-EXPONENTIAL; STRONG INVERSION; TRANSLINEAR LOOPS;

VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 64749109274     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2007.906965     Document Type: Article

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