A chopper current-feedback instrumentation amplifier with a 1 mHz 1/f noise corner and an AC-coupled ripple reduction loop

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3232-3243

  Wu, Rong ^a   Makinwa, Kofi A A ^a   Huijsing, Johan H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Chopping; Continuous time; Current feedback; Noise efficiency factor (NEF); Noise folding; Offset; Ripple reduction; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

1/F NOISE; CHOPPING; CONTINUOUS TIME; EFFICIENCY FACTOR; NOISE EFFICIENCY FACTOR (NEF); RIPPLE REDUCTION;

INSTRUMENTS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; PUMPS; THERMISTORS;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 72949115119     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2032710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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