{"title":"1-58 Gb/s PRBS generator with <1.1 ps RMS jitter in InP technology","authors":"H. Veenstra","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356692","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS) generators are widely used for testing communication systems. This paper describes a fully integrated PRBS generator, supporting output data rates between 1-58 Gb/s, with output jitter below 1.1 ps RMS, requiring only a single reference clock input. This has been achieved, based on impedance-matched clock signal distribution and transmission line modelling. Two half-rate outputs from the PRBS generator core are multiplexed to form the high-speed data output. The IC provides a trigger signal output plus all-zero detection and correction functionality.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116754386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A 14-V high speed driver in 5-V-only 0.35-/spl mu/m standard CMOS","authors":"D. Killat, O. Salzmann, A. Baumgaertner","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356640","url":null,"abstract":"A high-voltage and high-speed driver, using only 5-V and 3.3-V technology features in 0.35-/spl mu/m standard CMOS, is presented. The pull-up function is performed by cascaded 5-V PMOS; a 5-V CMOS compatible gate-shifted LDD NMOS performs the pull-down. The maximum continuous operating voltage is 14 V. The driver is suitable for inductive and capacitive loads. An external MOSFET with 1 nF gate capacitance is fully switched in 200 ns, the peak current that the driver delivers is more than 100 mA. The area of the driver including pad is 0.18 mm/sup 2/. The paper discusses characteristics and lifetime of the driver transistors, design trade-offs, and presents simulations, measurement results and statistical data.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115112547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U. Frey, M. Graf, S. Taschini, K. Kirstein, C. Hagleitner, A. Hierlemann, H. Baltes
{"title":"A digital CMOS micro-hotplate array for analysis of environmentally relevant gases","authors":"U. Frey, M. Graf, S. Taschini, K. Kirstein, C. Hagleitner, A. Hierlemann, H. Baltes","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356677","url":null,"abstract":"A monolithic gas sensor array fabricated in industrial CMOS-technology combined with post-CMOS micromachining is presented. The device comprises an array of three metal-oxide-coated micro-hotplates with integrated MOS-transistor heaters and the needed driving and signal-conditioning circuitry. The operating temperature of the SnO/sub 2/ metal oxide resistors varies between 200 and 350/spl deg/C. Three digital PID controllers enable individual temperature regulation. Interface and temperature control are implemented digitally, making a power-saving mode and temperature modulation, to enhance the analyte discrimination, applicable. Emphasis was placed on a modular system with the required analog circuitry reduced to a minimum.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"12 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125426604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Confalonieri, M. Zamprogno, Francesca Girardi, G. Nicollini, A. Nagari
{"title":"A 2.7mW 1MSps 10b analog-to-digital converter with built-in reference buffer and 1LSB accuracy programmable input ranges","authors":"P. Confalonieri, M. Zamprogno, Francesca Girardi, G. Nicollini, A. Nagari","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356666","url":null,"abstract":"A CMOS 1 MSps 10 bit charge-redistribution SAR ADC processes single-ended signals with 1 LSB accuracy selectable input ranges up to supply voltage. A new DAC architecture presents the benefits of a differential approach while sampling single-ended signals. Thanks to new low power design solutions in the ADC comparator and the built-in reference buffer, the total ADC power consumption is only 2.7 mW at 2.4 V supply and 1 MSps. The active area is 0.4 mm/sup 2/ in a 0.35 /spl mu/m CMOS process.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126179445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Burg, M. Wenk, Martin Zellweger, M. Wegmueller, N. Felber, W. Fichtner
{"title":"VLSI implementation of the sphere decoding algorithm","authors":"A. Burg, M. Wenk, Martin Zellweger, M. Wegmueller, N. Felber, W. Fichtner","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356678","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356678","url":null,"abstract":"Maximum likelihood detection is an essential part of high-performance multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems. While it is attractive due to its superior performance (in terms of BER) its complexity using a straightforward exhaustive search grows exponentially with the number of antennas and the order of the modulation scheme. Sphere decoding is a promising method to reduce the average decoding complexity significantly without compromising performance. This paper discusses the VLSI implementation of the sphere decoder and presents the first implementation of the algorithm that does not compromise BER performance.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129772163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A wideband high-linearity RF receiver front-end in CMOS","authors":"V. Arkesteijn, E. Klumperink, B. Nauta","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356620","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356620","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a wideband high-linearity RF receiver-front-end, implemented in standard 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS technology. The design employs a noise-canceling LNA in combination with two passive mixers, followed by lowpass-filtering and amplification at IF. The achieved bandwidth is >2 GHz, with a noise figure of 6.5 dB, +1 dBm IIP/sub 3/, +34.5 dBm IIP/sub 2/ and <50 kHz 1/f-noise corner frequency.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131131000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A physically oriented model to quantify the dynamic noise margin [on-chip noise]","authors":"T. Gemmeke, T. Noll","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356719","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356719","url":null,"abstract":"The increase in on-chip noise has led to severe signal integrity problems in modern chip design. In a new approach, an analytical, physically motivated model is proposed which quantities the pulse transfer characteristic of a gate, aimed at quick circuit analysis. The accuracy of the model is validated in comparison with simulation results from a circuit simulator. Moreover, its application in a standard design flow is demonstrated. As the model is based on physical circuit parameters, it is also well suited for what-if analysis.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115833503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mindaugas Draidiiulis, P. Larsson-Edefors, D. Eckerbert, H. Eriksson
{"title":"A power cut-off technique for gate leakage suppression [CMOS logic circuits]","authors":"Mindaugas Draidiiulis, P. Larsson-Edefors, D. Eckerbert, H. Eriksson","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356645","url":null,"abstract":"Gate leakage power dissipation is predicted to overtake subthreshold leakage power within the next few years thus adding further problems for designers trying to meet a strict power budget. In this paper, a power cut-off technique is proposed, which in sleep mode suppresses not only subthreshold leakage but also gate leakage. The proposed technique displays a combination of low total leakage power and short wake-up time.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121190447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A technique to reduce flicker noise up-conversion in CMOS LC voltage-controlled oscillators","authors":"H. Shanan, Michael Peter Kennedy","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356633","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents a technique for reducing the flicker noise up-conversion to phase noise in CMOS LC voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs). The technique is a modification to a standard VCO, which can achieve about 6 dB of improvement in phase noise at close frequency offsets to the radio frequency (RF) carrier. The same technique has been applied to a differential Colpitts oscillator and achieved the same level of improvement compared to a standard VCO. A reference VCO, a modified VCO and a differential Colpitts VCO were designed to have the same bias current, the same fundamental frequency, the same frequency tuning range, the same gain, the same inductor value and the same output voltage swing to allow for a fair comparison between the oscillator architectures. The VCOs were fabricated using the CMOS part of a 0.35 /spl mu/m BiCMOS process. Measurement results validate the simulations.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127794039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Atwood, T. Ishii, Takao Watanabe, T. Mine, N. Kameshiro, T. Sano, K. Yano
{"title":"A cavity channel SESO embedded memory with low standby-power techniques","authors":"B. Atwood, T. Ishii, Takao Watanabe, T. Mine, N. Kameshiro, T. Sano, K. Yano","doi":"10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ESSCIR.2004.1356690","url":null,"abstract":"A 22F/sup 2/ 3-transistor dynamic memory cell, based on a newly fabricated cavity channel SESO (single-electron shutoff) transistor is proposed for low-power mobile SOCs. The ultra-low leakage SESO device is formed above the bulk devices to yield the small cell size. With low-power techniques, this memory can achieve nearly an order of magnitude lower standby power than conventional memory. A 1 Mbyte SESO embedded memory core is estimated to have a standby power consumption of 24.2 /spl mu/A in a 90 nm process.","PeriodicalId":294077,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 30th European Solid-State Circuits Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130740535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}