The transimpedance limit

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1848-1856

  Sackinger, Eduard ^a  

^a Ikanos Communications Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amplifiers; circuit theory; current mode circuits; feedback; feedforward; optical communication systems; transimpedance amplifiers

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CASCODE AMPLIFIERS; CIRCUIT THEORY; FEEDBACK; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; TOPOLOGY;

CURRENT AMPLIFIER; CURRENT-MODE CIRCUIT; FEED-FORWARD; FEEDBACK CAPACITOR; MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIERS; REGULATED CASCODE; SHUNT FEEDBACK; TRANSIMPEDANCE;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77955656357     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2037847     Document Type: Article

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