An RC time constant auto-tuning structure for high linearity continuous-time ΣΔ modulators and active filters

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2179-2188

  Xia, Bo ^a   Yan, Shouli ^b   Sánchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto tuning; CMOS circuit design; Frequency tuning; High linearity circuit design

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FILTERS; CAPACITORS; COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; TUNING; VOLTAGE CONTROL;

AUTO TUNING STRUCTURE; CONTINUOUS TIME MODULATORS; FREQUENCY TUNING; HIGH LINEARITY CIRCUIT DESIGN;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 9744237377     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2004.836852     Document Type: Article

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