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Special Circuits, Devices and Technologies

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This chapter discusses a number of special circuits, devices and technologies. These circuits and devices can be used in digital, analogue and mixed analogue/digital applications. They are realised in various MOS technologies or their derivatives, which include the BICMOS technologies discussed in this chapter.

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J.M. Veendrick, H. (2017). Special Circuits, Devices and Technologies. In: Nanometer CMOS ICs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47597-4_5

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