Suvadeep Banerjee, M. Gupta, A. Banerjee, Satish Kumar, A. Chatterjee
{"title":"Digitally-compatible ring oscillator frequency driven tuning of CN-TFT amplifiers: Performance compensation under statistical and morphological variations","authors":"Suvadeep Banerjee, M. Gupta, A. Banerjee, Satish Kumar, A. Chatterjee","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177860","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177860","url":null,"abstract":"Carbon Nanotube network based Thin-Film Transistors (CN-TFTs) are excellent candidates for next generation flexible electronics applications. However CN-TFT circuits suffer from imperfections due to morphological variations of fabricated carbon nanotube geometries that cause wide performance variations in analog amplifiers built from these CN-TFTs. Improved fabrication methods and sophisticated process control techniques are not sufficient for tackling these imperfections. In this paper, a new digitally-compatible tuning method is proposed for CN-TFT based amplifier designs. The amplifier is placed in a ring-oscillator configuration using two additional digital inverters, appropriately modified to allow oscillation of the inverter-inverting amplifier-inverter configuration. The frequency of oscillation is then used to drive a tuning algorithm that recovers the performance of the amplifier under statistical and morphological fabrication process variations. The method is very easy to implement and simulation studies show excellent results.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116953365","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":"Evaluation of harmonic cancellation techniques for sinusoidal signal generation in mixed-signal BIST","authors":"Hani Malloug, M. Barragán, S. Mir","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177877","url":null,"abstract":"The on-chip generation of high quality at-speed sinusoidal stimuli is a key point for enabling a wide variety of mixed-signal BIST (Built-In Self-Test) strategies. Efficient test stimulus generators for BIST applications should have the attributes of high spectral quality and reduced circuitry resources, which make the design of these generators a challenging task. This work compares the application of two different harmonic cancellation strategies to a family of simple on-chip sinusoidal generators. The application of advanced spectral manipulation techniques not only may improve the spectral quality of the generated signals, but it may also ease up the design of these on-chip generators by relaxing some design constraints. This work evaluates the spectral performance and design trade-offs derived from the application of the considered harmonic cancellation techniques. Simulation results are provided in order to illustrate our analysis.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115190242","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}
J. Miguel, D. Rivas, Y. Lechuga, M. A. Allende, M. Martinez
{"title":"Oscillation-based approach applied to a low-power analog front-end for an implantable cardiac device","authors":"J. Miguel, D. Rivas, Y. Lechuga, M. A. Allende, M. Martinez","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177878","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177878","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the evaluation of an oscillation-based approach specially thought for testing a low-power analog system that monitors an implantable biomedical device (intelligent stent). Fault simulation analysis has been performed on the basic blocks of the CUT, and oscillation parameters (frequency and amplitude) have been measured at the output of the last system block, an oscillator. Taking advantage of fault reflection from the rest of the blocks, the proposed testing method will avoid the need of adding extra circuitry to convert the different partitions of the CUT into oscillators, reducing circuit complexity and possible performance degradation. The results obtained show that a good fault coverage figure for catastrophic faults can be achieved.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131391528","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":"Sensitivity calibration and test of a 3D hall integrated sensor device with an external magnetic field source on a new ATE concept","authors":"L. Giorgi","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177863","url":null,"abstract":"The accuracy in making Magnetic Sensitivity measurements of an integrated three-dimension Hall sensor can in general be very challenging. Sensitivity measurements are typically performed using an integrated coil system, which allows the generation of a low strength magnetic field. When the required field strength is greater than a few hundreds microTesla an external magnetic field source is needed. A new Test Hardware concept is presented to allow the calibration and test over temperature of a 3D hall integrated device. Calibration is performed by a direct measurement of the Sensitivity pre-trim of the three X, Y and Z sensors. The new test hardware gives the possibility to generate a stable and homogenous magnetic field and allows the test of the magnetic performances for any part in the production environment.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122704801","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}
V. Tomasevic, A. Steinmair, A. Boyer, S. Ben Dhia, B. Weiss, P. Rust, E. Seebacher
{"title":"Smart power mixed ICs parasitic bipolar coupling issues analysis with a dedicated on-chip sensor","authors":"V. Tomasevic, A. Steinmair, A. Boyer, S. Ben Dhia, B. Weiss, P. Rust, E. Seebacher","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177886","url":null,"abstract":"The presence of low power and high voltage devices in Smart Power integrated circuits (ICs) cause parasitic substrate interaction between switched power stages and sensitive analog blocks. This in turn is the major cause of failure of Smart Power ICs, inducing costly circuit redesign. In order to predict these harmful events, there is a need in IC industry to create a link between circuit designs, modelling and implementation in innovative software tools. Thus there is a real need to validate these new SPICE models by measuring the high voltage perturbations that activate parasitic structures in the substrate directly on the chip. This paper presents an analysis of parasitic bipolar coupling issues in Smart Power Mixed ICs with a dedicated on-chip sensor. The possible scenarios based on PNP and NPN activation are derived and a real life test vehicle is introduced and investigated in detail. For verification purposes multiple of the developed on-chip sensors are placed close to the expected sensitive nodes. The architecture and the capabilities of the sensor like multiplexing, sensitivity and the calibration possibility are explained in detail. The on-chip sensor is used as an on-chip oscilloscope to measure the transient voltage fluctuations induced by high voltage activity and coupled by the substrate. The test vehicle was developed and produced in ams HV CMOS technology.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122180529","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":"Determination of the aging offset voltage of AMR sensors based on accelerated degradation test","authors":"Andreina Zambrano, H. Kerkhoff","doi":"10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMS3TW.2015.7177871","url":null,"abstract":"Usually Anisotropic Magnetoresistance angle sensors are configured with two Wheatstone bridges, but an undesirable offset voltage included in the sensor output affects its accuracy. The total offset voltage combines a voltage due to resistance mismatches during manufacturing and a voltage from inequalities in the magnetic sensitivity. This paper focuses on identifying a consistent trend between the bridges' offset voltages. Compared with previous studies that focus on lifetime tests using high temperatures, this research uses temperature cycling to study offset voltage and sensitivity variations due to aging effects. A consistent trend between the bridges' offset voltages could not be found. The two offset components can add to or subtract from each other and their interaction can change over time due to variations in the sensor's material properties. To achieve a precise angle measurement, the offset voltage must be compensated continuously over the entire sensor lifetime.","PeriodicalId":370144,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 20th International Mixed-Signals Testing Workshop (IMSTW)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128149898","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}