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CMOS Implementations of Current Conveyors

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In order to make CC-based circuits compatible with CMOS digital circuits, a lot of attention has been given in the literature over the past two decades to evolve CMOS-based Current Conveyors. In this chapter, we bring out some of the important developments in this area.

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  1. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India

    Raj Senani

  2. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India

    D. R. Bhaskar

  3. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sharda University, Greater Noida, UP, India

    A. K. Singh

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Senani, R., Bhaskar, D.R., Singh, A.K. (2015). CMOS Implementations of Current Conveyors. In: Current Conveyors. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08684-2_4

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