An amorphous-silicon operational amplifier and its application to a 4-bit digital-to-analog converter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1028-1035

  Tarn, Yi Chuan ^a   Ku, Po Chih ^a   Hsieh, Hsieh Hung ^a   Lu, Liang Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon (a Si); Digital to analog converters (DACs); Operational amplifiers (OPAMPs); Positive feedback; Resistor string; Thin film transistors; Unity gain buffer

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS; DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS (DACS); POSITIVE FEEDBACK; UNITY-GAIN BUFFER;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDPASS AMPLIFIERS; BUFFER AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FEEDBACK; HYBRID COMPUTERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; LINEARIZATION; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; RESISTORS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 77951669205     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2043886     Document Type: Article

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