AC boosting compensation scheme for low-power multistage amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2074-2079

  Peng, Xiaohong ^a   Sansen, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AC boosting; Amplifier; Amplifiers; Compensation; Low power; Multistage

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

AC BOOSTING; GAIN REDUCTION; NESTED MILLER COMPENSATION (NMC); SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 8344238267     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2004.835811     Document Type: Article

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