Title : 
Use of MOS transistor as a tunable distributed RC filter element
         
        
            Author : 
Khoury, Joud ; Tsividis, Yannis ; Banu, Mihai
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Columbia University, Department of Electrical Engineering, New York, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The use of the MOS transistor as a tunable distributed RC transmission line is suggested. It is demonstrated that the structure is satisfactorily tunable through its gate voltage, even in the presence of worst-case fabrication processing and temperature variations.
         
        
            Keywords : 
active filters; distributed parameter networks; field effect integrated circuits; insulated gate field effect transistors; MOS transistor; gate voltage; temperature variations; tunable distributed RC transmission line; worst-case fabrication processing;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19840125