Title :
Analog at milepost 2000: a personal perspective
Author_Institution :
Analog Devices Inc., Beaverton, OR, USA
fDate :
3/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Electronics has barely just begun to exploit the endless opportunities for analog techniques. Rather than rendering them obsolete, the recent explosion in digital communications systems has only increased the demand for both fully analog and mixed-signal integrated-circuit (IC) products. This paper is an unashamedly personal and bipolar-centric review of a few selected aspects of the contemporary landscape and offers several reasons for expecting an unending dependence on analog techniques
Keywords :
bipolar analogue integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; reviews; IC design; analog techniques; bipolar-centric review; fully analog ICs; mixed-signal integrated-circuit; Analog integrated circuits; Art; Digital communication; Digital integrated circuits; Digital signal processing; History; Integrated circuit technology; Signal processing; Signal processing algorithms; VHF circuits;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
