The current conveyor: history, progress and new results
The current conveyor: history, progress and new results
- Author(s): A.S. Sedra ; G.W. Roberts ; F. Gohh
- DOI: 10.1049/ip-g-2.1990.0015
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- Author(s): A.S. Sedra 1 ; G.W. Roberts 1 ; F. Gohh 1
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1: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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1: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Volume 137, Issue 2,
April 1990,
p.
78 – 87
DOI: 10.1049/ip-g-2.1990.0015 , Print ISSN 0956-3768, Online ISSN 2053-9061
With the growing interest in currentmode analogue circuits, an historical account of the invention of the current conveyor is given. Some observations are made on the progress in its realisation and application over the past two decades. New results on the monolithic implementation of the current conveyor are presented.
Inspec keywords: active networks; monolithic integrated circuits; history; reviews; analogue circuits; linear integrated circuits
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Subjects: Active filters and other active networks; Other analogue circuits; Semiconductor integrated circuits
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