Wideband DB-linear VGA for high-speed communications

• Main Author: Kong, Lingshan
• Other Authors: Boon Chirn Chye
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Electronic circuits
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105609; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50149
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this thesis, novel ideas are proposed to extend the gain range effectively with minimum hardware. Firstly, the approach by tuning the transconductance and output resistance of the amplifier simultaneously is brought forward. Secondly, a new constructing method to improve the gain range is present...