Download or read book Full Chip Nanometer Routing Techniques written by Tsung-Yi Ho and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a novel multilevel full-chip router, namely mSIGMA for SIGnal-integrity and MAnufacturability optimization. These routing technologies will ensure faster time-to-market and time-to-profitability. The book includes a detailed description on the modern VLSI routing problems, and multilevel optimization on routing design to solve the chip complexity problem.

Download or read book Manufacturability Aware Routing in Nanometer VLSI written by David Z. Pan and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper surveys key research challenges and recent results of manufacturability aware routing in nanometer VLSI designs. The manufacturing challenges have their root causes from various integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing processes and steps, e.g., deep sub-wavelength lithography, random defects, via voids, chemical-mechanical polishing, and antenna-effects. They may result in both functional and parametric yield losses. The manufacturability aware routing can be performed at different routing stages including global routing, track routing, and detail routing, guided by both manufacturing process models and manufacturing-friendly rules. The manufacturability/yield optimization can be performed through both correct-by-construction (i.e., optimization during routing) as well as construct-by-correction (i.e., post-routing optimization). This paper will provide a holistic view of key design for manufacturability issues in nanometer VLSI routing.

Download or read book Low Power High Speed ADCs for Nanometer CMOS Integration written by Zhiheng Cao and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low-Power High-Speed ADCs for Nanometer CMOS Integration is about the design and implementation of ADC in nanometer CMOS processes that achieve lower power consumption for a given speed and resolution than previous designs, through architectural and circuit innovations that take advantage of unique features of nanometer CMOS processes. A phase lock loop (PLL) clock multiplier has also been designed using new circuit techniques and successfully tested. 1) A 1.2V, 52mW, 210MS/s 10-bit two-step ADC in 130nm CMOS occupying 0.38mm2. Using offset canceling comparators and capacitor networks implemented with small value interconnect capacitors to replace resistor ladder/multiplexer in conventional sub-ranging ADCs, it achieves 74dB SFDR for 10MHz and 71dB SFDR for 100MHz input. 2) A 32mW, 1.25GS/s 6-bit ADC with 2.5GHz internal clock in 130nm CMOS. A new type of architecture that combines flash and SAR enables the lowest power consumption, 6-bit >1GS/s ADC reported to date. This design can be a drop-in replacement for existing flash ADCs since it does require any post-processing or calibration step and has the same latency as flash. 3) A 0.4ps-rms-jitter (integrated from 3kHz to 300MHz offset for >2.5GHz) 1-3GHz tunable, phase-noise programmable clock-multiplier PLL for generating sampling clock to the SAR ADC. A new loop filter structure enables phase error preamplification to lower PLL in-band noise without increasing loop filter capacitor size.

Download or read book CMOS Multichannel Single Chip Receivers for Multi Gigabit Optical Data Communications written by Paul Muller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10-29 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of optical data communications this book will be an absolute must-read. It focuses on optical communications for short and very short distance applications and discusses the monolithic integration of optical receivers with processing elements in standard CMOS technologies. What’s more, it provides the reader with the necessary background knowledge to fully understand the trade-offs in short-distance communication receiver design and presents the key issues to be addressed in the development of such receivers in CMOS technologies. Moreover, novel design approaches are presented.

Download or read book Low Frequency Noise in Advanced MOS Devices written by Martin Haartman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-08-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an introduction to noise, describing fundamental noise sources and basic circuit analysis, discussing characterization of low-frequency noise and offering practical advice that bridges concepts of noise theory and modelling, characterization, CMOS technology and circuits. The text offers the latest research, reviewing the most recent publications and conference presentations. The book concludes with an introduction to noise in analog/RF circuits and describes how low-frequency noise can affect these circuits.

Download or read book Design of High Voltage xDSL Line Drivers in Standard CMOS written by Bert Serneels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book fits in the quest for highly efficient fully integrated xDSL modems for central office applications. It presents a summary of research at one of Europe’s most famous analog design research groups over a five year period. The book focuses on the line driver, the most demanding building block of the xDSL modem for lowering power. The book covers the total design flow of monolithic CMOS high voltage circuits. It is essential reading for analog design engineers.

Download or read book Analysis and Design of Quadrature Oscillators written by Luis B. Oliveira and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern RF receivers and transmitters require quadrature oscillators with accurate quadrature and low phase-noise. Existing literature is dedicated mainly to single oscillators, and is strongly biased towards LC oscillators. This book is devoted to quadrature oscillatorsand presents adetailed comparative study ofLC and RCosc- lators, both at architectural and at circuit levels. It is shown that in cross-coupled RC oscillators both the quadrature error and phase-noise are reduced, whereas in LC - cillators the coupling decreases the quadrature error, but increases the phase-noise. Thus, quadrature RC oscillators can be a practical alternative to LC oscillators, - pecially when area and cost are to be minimized. The main topics of the book are: cross-coupled LC quasi-sinusoidal oscillators, cross-coupled RC relaxation oscillators, a quadrature RC oscillator-mixer, and t- integrator oscillators. The effect of mismatches on the phase-error and the pha- noise are thoroughly investigated. The book includes many experimental results, obtained from different integrated circuit prototypes, in the GHz range. A structured design approach is followed: a technology independent study, with ideal blocks, is performed initially, and then the circuit level design is addressed. This book can be used in advanced courses on RF circuit design. In addition to post-graduate students and lecturers, this book will be of interest to design engineers and researchers in this area.

Download or read book Silicon Based RF Front Ends for Ultra Wideband Radios written by Aminghasem Safarian and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-28 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of silicon-based distributed architectures in wideband circuits are presented in this book. Novel circuit architectures for ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless technologies are described. The book begins with an introduction of several transceiver architectures for UWB. The discussion then focuses on RF front-end of the UWB radio. Therefore, the book will be of interest to RF circuit designers and students.

Download or read book Circuit and Interconnect Design for RF and High Bit rate Applications written by Hugo Veenstra and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realizing maximum performance from high bit-rate and RF circuits requires close attention to IC technology, circuit-to-circuit interconnections (i.e., the ‘interconnect’) and circuit design. This detailed book covers each of these topics from theory to practice, with sufficient detail to help you produce circuits that are ‘first-time right’. Many practical circuit examples are included to demonstrate the interplay between technology, interconnect and circuit design.

Download or read book Ultra Low Power Capacitive Sensor Interfaces written by Wouter Bracke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-06-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes ultra low power capacitive sensor interfaces, and presents the realization of a very low power generic sensor interface chip that is adaptable to a broad range of capacitive sensors. The book opens by reviewing important design aspects for autonomous sensor systems, discusses different building blocks, and presents the modular architecture for the generic sensor interface chip. Finally, the generic sensor interface chip is shown in state-of-the-art applications.

Download or read book Structured Analog CMOS Design written by Danica Stefanovic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structured Analog CMOS Design describes a structured analog design approach that makes it possible to simplify complex analog design problems and develop a design strategy that can be used for the design of large number of analog cells. It intentionally avoids treating the analog design as a mathematical problem, developing a design procedure based on the understanding of device physics and approximations that give insight into parameter interdependences. The basic design concept consists in analog cell partitioning into the basic analog structures and sizing of these basic analog structures in a predefined procedural design sequence. The procedural design sequence ensures the correct propagation of design specifications, the verification of parameter limits and the local optimization loops. The proposed design procedure is also implemented as a CAD tool that follows this book.

Download or read book Low Power UWB CMOS Radar Sensors written by Hervé Paulino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Low Power UWB CMOS Radar Sensors deals with the problem of designing low cost CMOS radar sensors. The radar sensor uses UWB signals in order to obtain a reasonable target separation capability, while maintaining a maximum signal frequency below 2 GHz. This maximum frequency value is well within the reach of current CMOS technologies. The use of UWB signals means that most of the methodologies used in the design of circuits and systems that process narrow band signals, can no longer be applied. Low Power UWB CMOS Radar Sensors provides an analysis between the interaction of UWB signals, the antennas and the processing circuits. This analysis leads to some interesting conclusions on the types of antennas and types of circuits that should be used. A methodology to compare the noise performance of UWB processing circuits is also derived. This methodology is used to analyze and design the constituting circuits of the radar transceiver. In order to validate the design methodology a CMOS prototype is designed and experimentally evaluated.

Download or read book Baseband Analog Circuits for Software Defined Radio written by Vito Giannini and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to describe most of the issues involved in the transition from a single standard to a Software Radio based wireless terminal. The book is both a technology tutorial for beginners as well as a starting point for technical professionals in the communication and IC design industry who are approaching the design of a Software Defined Radio. A complete overview of the actual state-of-art for reconfigurable transceivers is given in detail.

Download or read book Analog Baseband Architectures and Circuits for Multistandard and Low Voltage Wireless Transceivers written by Pui-In Mak and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents architectural and circuit techniques for wireless transceivers to achieve multistandard and low-voltage compliance. It provides an up-to-date survey and detailed study of the state-of-the-art transceivers for modern single- and multi-purpose wireless communication systems. The book includes comprehensive analysis and design of multimode reconfigurable receivers and transmitters for an efficient multistandard compliance.

Download or read book Substrate Noise Coupling in RFICs written by Ahmed Helmy and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-23 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reports modeling and simulation techniques for substrate noise coupling effects in RFICs and introduces isolation structures and design guides to mitigate such effects with the ultimate goal of enhancing the yield of RF and mixed signal SoCs. The book further reports silicon measurements, and new test and noise isolation structures. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first title devoted to the topic of substrate noise coupling in RFICs as part of a large SoC.

Download or read book Adaptive Multi Standard RF Front Ends written by Vojkan Vidojkovic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates solutions, benefits, limitations, and costs associated with multi-standard operation of RF front-ends and their ability to adapt to variable radio environments. Next, it highlights the optimization of RF front-ends to allow maximum performance within a certain power budget, while targeting full integration. Finally, the book investigates possibilities for low-voltage, low-power circuit topologies in CMOS technology.

Download or read book Omnidirectional Inductive Powering for Biomedical Implants written by Bert Lenaerts and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omnidirectional Inductive Powering for Biomedical Implants investigates the feasibility of inductive powering for capsule endoscopy and freely moving systems in general. The main challenge is the random position and orientation of the power receiving system with respect to the emitting magnetic field. Where classic inductive powering assumes a predictable or fixed alignment of the respective coils, the remote system is now free to adopt just any orientation while still maintaining full power capabilities. Before elaborating on different approaches towards omnidirectional powering, the design and optimisation of a general inductive power link is discussed in all its aspects. Special attention is paid to the interaction of the inductive power link with the patient’s body. Putting theory into practice, the implementation of an inductive power link for a capsule endoscope is included in a separate chapter.