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Low-Drive Current Amplifiers

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CMOS Current Amplifiers

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The chapter deals with design aspects of low-drive current amplifiers. These amplifiers find applications in on-chip environments, where (load) resistances are strictly controlled by the designer. Therefore, they are not required to deliver output currents higher than the quiescent current of the output branches. As we will show, this class of amplifiers has the strongest potential in terms of low-voltage and high speed capability.

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    Giuseppe Palmisano, Gaetano Palumbo & Salvatore Pennisi

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Palmisano, G., Palumbo, G., Pennisi, S. (1999). Low-Drive Current Amplifiers. In: CMOS Current Amplifiers. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 499. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5135-5_2

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