| List of Figures | p. ix |
| List of Tables | p. xiii |
| Symbols and Abbreviations | p. xv |
| Foreword | p. xxi |
| Preface | p. xxiii |
| Acknowledgement | p. xxv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Motivation | p. 1 |
| Earlier Work | p. 3 |
| Design Issues for Low Nonlinear Distortion | p. 4 |
| Outline | p. 5 |
| Summary | p. 6 |
| Specification and Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits | p. 9 |
| Linearity Specifications | p. 9 |
| Single-Frequency Excitation | p. 11 |
| Dual-Frequency Excitation | p. 14 |
| Volterra Series | p. 17 |
| Phasor Method | p. 20 |
| Example: Nonlinear LP-Filter | p. 22 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 26 |
| Biasing and Opamp Modeling for Low Distortion | p. 31 |
| Biasing for Robust Linearity Performance | p. 32 |
| Transistor Model | p. 32 |
| Biasing of Current Sources | p. 34 |
| Biasing of Signal Transistors | p. 36 |
| Biasing Guidelines for Low Distortion | p. 38 |
| Opamp Modeling for Nonlinear Analysis | p. 41 |
| The Opamp as a Two-Input Device | p. 42 |
| Splitting of Transfer Functions | p. 44 |
| Case: Miller Opamp | p. 45 |
| Nonlinear Analyzes of Feedback Miller Opamp | p. 53 |
| The Non-Inverting Configuration | p. 54 |
| Contributions to 2nd Harmonic | p. 57 |
| Contributions to 3rd Harmonic | p. 62 |
| Non-Inverting: Design Considerations for Low Distortion | p. 68 |
| The Inverting Configuration | p. 70 |
| Contributions to 2nd Harmonic: H[subscript 2Ve_CL](j[omega]) | p. 73 |
| Contributions to 3rd Harmonic: H[subscript 3Ve_CL](j[omega]) | p. 75 |
| Inverting: Design Considerations for Low Distortion | p. 78 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 81 |
| Opamp Circuits with High Linearity Performance | p. 85 |
| Measurement System | p. 86 |
| A 1.8V CMOS Opamp with -77.5dB HD2 and HD3 at 80MHz | p. 90 |
| Design Considerations | p. 90 |
| Contributions to Nonlinear Distortion | p. 91 |
| Measurement Results | p. 96 |
| A 3.3V CMOS Opamp with -80dB HD3 at 80 MHz | p. 103 |
| Design Considerations | p. 103 |
| Contributions to Nonlinear Distortion | p. 104 |
| Measurement Results | p. 108 |
| A 3.3V CMOS Current Opamp with -63dB HD3 at 100MHz | p. 114 |
| Design Considerations | p. 114 |
| Contributions to Nonlinear Distortion | p. 117 |
| Measurement Results | p. 121 |
| A 3.3V CMOS Unity-Gain Opamp with -80dB HD3 at 10MHz | p. 126 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 128 |
| Conclusions and Discussions | p. 133 |
| Opamp Topologies Versus Linearity | p. 135 |
| One-Stage Opamp | p. 136 |
| Two-Stage Opamp | p. 138 |
| Three-Stage Opamp | p. 139 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 140 |
| Transistor Model | p. 141 |
| Closed Loop Opamp Transfer Functions | p. 145 |
| Non-Inverting Opamp Configuration | p. 145 |
| First Order CL Response | p. 146 |
| Second Order CL Response | p. 148 |
| Third Order CL Response | p. 149 |
| Inverting Opamp Configuration | p. 150 |
| First, Second and Third Order CL Responses | p. 150 |
| Open Loop Opamp Transfer Functions | p. 155 |
| First Order Responses | p. 157 |
| H[subscript Ve](j[omega]) | p. 157 |
| H[subscript Vcm](j[omega]) | p. 158 |
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