Title :
Noise considerations for translinear filters
Author :
Mulder, Jan ; Kouwenhoven, Michiel H L ; Serdijin, W.A. ; van der Woerd, Albert C. ; Van Roermund, Arthur H M
Author_Institution :
Electron. Res. Lab., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
fDate :
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Translinear filters exhibit unconventional noise characteristics, due to the internal nonlinear behavior. In this paper, the maximal signal-to-noise-ratio and the dynamic range properties of translinear filters are discussed, and the relation between these two specifications and the inherent instantaneous companding is described
Keywords :
circuit noise; compandors; continuous time filters; companding; dynamic range; signal to noise ratio; translinear filter; Circuit noise; Diodes; Dynamic range; Helium; Noise figure; Nonlinear filters; Power harmonic filters; Signal to noise ratio; Total harmonic distortion; Transfer functions;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
