A bandwidth-adaptive preamplifier

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2142-2153

  Du, Dingkun ^a   Odame, Kofi M ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Analog circuit; Analog front end (AFE); Differential difference amplifier (DDA); Envelope detector; Hysteretic comparator; low power; Microphone; OTA C filter; Power efficient; Preamplifier; Reconfigurable; Sensor interface; Subthreshold; Wearable sensor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE; ANALOG FRONT END; DIFFERENTIAL DIFFERENCE AMPLIFIER; ENVELOPE DETECTORS; HYSTERETIC COMPARATORS; LOW POWER; OTA-C FILTERS; POWER EFFICIENT; RECONFIGURABLE; SENSOR INTERFACE; SUBTHRESHOLD; WEARABLE SENSORS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DETECTOR CIRCUITS; LOW POWER ELECTRONICS; MICROPHONES; SENSORS; SPEECH PROCESSING;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 84883269985     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2266869     Document Type: Article

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