Boosting the voltage gain of graphene FETs through a differential amplifier scheme with positive feedback

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-60

  Grassi, R ^a   Gnudi, A ^a   Di Lecce, V ^a   Gnani, E ^a   Reggiani, S ^a   Baccarani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential amplifier; Gain enhancement; Graphene FET; Positive feedback; Radio frequency operation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); COUPLED CIRCUITS; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; FEEDBACK; GAIN MEASUREMENT; GRAPHENE; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; FULLY DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; GAIN-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; MILLER CAPACITANCE; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; QUANTUM TRANSPORT SIMULATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84905036645     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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