Title :
Large-signal active resistor output driver
Author :
Griffin, Jed ; Johnson, David
Author_Institution :
Performance Microprocessor Div., Intel Corp., Aloha, OR, USA
Abstract :
An active resistor with linearity across a large-signal range, a historically elusive circuit to achieve, would be a very useful analog building block. Such a circuit, a large-signal active resistor, can easily be constructed, providing a good approximation to linear behavior over a large range of voltages. An output driver is one instance of a circuit benefiting from a large-signal active resistor
Keywords :
CMOS analogue integrated circuits; active networks; driver circuits; analog building block; large-signal active resistor; linear behavior; output driver; Analog circuits; CMOS process; Degradation; Driver circuits; Equations; Linear approximation; Linearity; Microprocessors; Resistors; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5491-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867735
