On-chip decoupling capacitor design to reduce switching-noise-induced instability in CMOS/SOI VLSI

Abstract

The supply noise from the packaging of CMOS/SOI circuits can cause performance degradation, reliability reduction and even loss of circuit functionality due to the device latch-up problem. By properly adding on-chip decoupling capacitors in the proximity of the circuitry, we can effectively alleviate the switching noise problem and improve the performance of CMOS/SOI circuits.