A 140 dB-CMRR current-feedback instrumentation amplifier employing ping-pong auto-zeroing and chopping

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2044-2056

  Pertijs, Michiel A P ^a   Kindt, Wilko J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b National Semiconductor   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

auto zeroing; chopping; current feedback amplifiers; dynamic offset cancellation; Instrumentation amplifiers

Indexed keywords

AUTO-ZEROING; CHOPPING; CURRENT FEEDBACK AMPLIFIER; DYNAMIC OFFSET CANCELLATION; INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; THERMAL NOISE;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957574178     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2060253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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