Active elements for analog signal processing: Classification, review, and new proposals

Radioengineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 15-32

  Biolek, Dalibor ^a   Senani, Raj ^b   Biolkova, Viera ^a   Kolka, Zdenék ^a  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NETAJI SUBHAS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Active element; CDBA; CDTA ; Current conveyor; Filter; Operational amplilier; OTA

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649214831     PISSN: 12102512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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