• DocumentCode
    1138242
  • Title

    Designer´s Casebook-current-mode minimax circuit

  • Author

    Wassenaar, Roelof F.

  • Author_Institution
    MESA Res. Inst., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    11/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Abstract
    The minimum-maximum (minimax) circuit selects the minimum and maximum of two input currents. Four transistors in matched pairs are operated in the saturation region. Because the behavior of the circuit is based on matched devices and is independent of the relationship between the drain current and the gate-source voltage, transistor pairs may operate in strong, moderate and weak inversion. Therefore, the circuit can also be implemented in bipolar as well as MOS technology. The circuit has many useful applications in modern signal processing
  • Keywords
    active networks; analogue circuits; transistor circuits; current-mode; matched pairs; minimax circuit; saturation region; signal processing; transistor pairs; Adaptive signal processing; Circuits; Dynamic range; Minimax techniques; Modems; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    8755-3996
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/101.167519
  • Filename
    167519
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1138242