PSPICE HIGH-LEVEL MODEL AND SIMULATIONS OF THE EASIROC ANALOG FRONT-END

Davide Marano, Giovanni Bonanno, Sergio Billotta, Massimiliano Belluso, Alessandro Grillo, Salvatore Garozzo, Giuseppe Romeo, Osvaldo Catalano, Giovanni La Rosa, Giuseppe Sottile, and Domenico Impiombato

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