• DocumentCode
    885247
  • Title

    Capacitor discharge logarithmic amplifier

  • Author

    D´Aillon, François Gros

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    271
  • Lastpage
    273
  • Abstract
    A logarithmic amplifier using the exponential rate of discharge of an RC circuit is proposed; it is less temperature-sensitive than the diode logarithmic amplifier, has more voltage output per decade, but has a lower frequency and dynamic range.
  • Keywords
    Amplifiers; Capacitors; amplifiers; capacitors; Capacitors; Circuits; Dynamic range; Operational amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9200
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSSC.1978.1051033
  • Filename
    1051033