A Research on the Bandwidth Extension of an Analog Feedback Amplifier by Using a Negative Group Delay Circuit |
Choi, Heung-Gae
(IDEC Working Group, Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Kim, Young-Gyu (IDEC Working Group, Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University) Shim, Sung-Un (IDEC Working Group, Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University) Jeong, Yong-Chae (IDEC Working Group, Division of Electronics and Information Engineering, Chonbuk National University) Kim, Chul-Dong (Sewon Teletech. Inc.) |
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