A temperature-to-digital converter based on an optimized electrothermal filter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2026-2035

  Kashmiri, S Mahdi ^a   Xia, Sha ^a   Makinwa, Kofi A A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrothermal filters; Phase domain sigma delta modulator; Synchronous demodulation; Temperature sensors

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ELECTROTHERMAL FILTER; ELECTROTHERMAL FILTERS; GAIN-BOOSTING AMPLIFIERS; GROUND NODE; MILITARY RANGES; OUTPUT CURRENT; PHASE-DOMAIN SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR; SWITCHING ACTION; SYNCHRONOUS DEMODULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMAL PHASE; TRANSCONDUCTOR; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; DEMODULATION; DEMODULATORS; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

MODULATORS;

EID: 67651166927     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2020248     Document Type: Article

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