Microelectronics: Circuit Analysis and Design
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780073380643
Author: Donald A. Neamen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.21P
Consider the Wilson current source in Figure P10.21. The transistors have afinite
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Ch. 10 - The circuit parameters for the two-transistor...Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure 10.3. The...Ch. 10 - The parameters of the circuit shown in Figure 10.5...Ch. 10 - Consider the Widlar current source in Figure 10.9....Ch. 10 - Consider the circuit in Figure 10.10. Assume the...Ch. 10 - A Widlar current source is shown in Figure 10.9....Ch. 10 - Figure 10.12 shows the N-output current mirror....Ch. 10 - Prob. 10.1TYUCh. 10 - Prob. 10.2TYUCh. 10 - For the Wilson current source in Figure 10.8, the...
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