This paper presents a column-level 14-bit two-stage analog-to-digital converter (ADC) based on pseudo-differential operational amplifier, which is designed for the readout circuit of X-ray sensor array. This low-power...
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This work presents theoretical demonstration of Aharonov-Bohm (AB) effect in monolayer phosphorene nanorings (PNR). Atomistic quantum transport simulations of PNR are employed to investigate the impact of multiple mod...
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A physical and electro-thermal Compact model for thermal effect and crosstalk in 3D RRAM arrays has been firstly proposed. The simulation results show that the transient thermal effect will dominate reset process. The...
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A physical and electro-thermal Compact model for thermal effect and crosstalk in 3D RRAM arrays has been firstly proposed. The simulation results show that the transient thermal effect will dominate reset process. The proposed model is based on 3D Fourier heat flow equation and electro-thermal analogy which can couple thermal network to its electrical schematic. The comparison between the Compact model simulation results and numerical simulation shows a good accuracy. The proposed electro-thermal model then was written in Verilog-A by using Spectre on Cadence platform and had been verified by using ANSYS software.
The gate dielectrics reliability in Tunnel FETs (TFETs) has been thoroughly investigated for the first time, which is found to be the dominant device failure mechanism compared with bias temperature ins tability degra...
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(纸本)9781509039036
The gate dielectrics reliability in Tunnel FETs (TFETs) has been thoroughly investigated for the first time, which is found to be the dominant device failure mechanism compared with bias temperature ins tability degradation, and is much worse than MOSFETs with the same gate stacks due to a new stronger localized dielectric field peak at gate/source overlap region. The non-uniform electric field of dielectric in TFET also leads to the different mechanisms between soft breakdown and hard breakdown failure. Moreover, dielectric-field-associated parameters are discussed in detail, showing an intrinsic trade-off between dielectrics reliability and device performance optimization caused by the positive correlation between dielectric field and source junction field. A new robust design consideration is further proposed for reliability and performance co-optimization, which is experimentally realized by a new TFET design with both dramatically improved performance and reliability, indicating its great potentials for ultralow-power applications.
A combined wafer bonding method consist of spot pressing bonding technique and water glass adhesive layer is proposed. The mechanism of water glass bonding is investigated, and the two major factors in this bonding me...
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(纸本)9781467397209
A combined wafer bonding method consist of spot pressing bonding technique and water glass adhesive layer is proposed. The mechanism of water glass bonding is investigated, and the two major factors in this bonding method: surface energy and voids formation has also been discussed.
A new static power clamp circuit integrated with input ESD protection is proposed in this paper. By skillfully incorporating traditional input ESD protection, the proposed circuit replaces the protection resistor by t...
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(纸本)9781467397209
A new static power clamp circuit integrated with input ESD protection is proposed in this paper. By skillfully incorporating traditional input ESD protection, the proposed circuit replaces the protection resistor by the active switch and merging the signal control circuit into trigger circuit of static power clamp. The proposed circuit is a whole-chip ESD protection scheme that has a low leakage and the excellent ESD performance.
Energy consumption has become the major concern of the IC industry. As a result, near-threshold-voltage (NTV) design has attracted a lot of attention for its superiority in energy efficiency. However, NTV design is fa...
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(纸本)9781509039036
Energy consumption has become the major concern of the IC industry. As a result, near-threshold-voltage (NTV) design has attracted a lot of attention for its superiority in energy efficiency. However, NTV design is faced with the key challenge - variability, especially for FinFET technology where device electrical FoMs are found to be strongly correlated. In this paper, new methodology of NTV design optimization for FinFET is proposed for the first time, and demonstrated based on silicon data. Significant improvements are achieved in the following three aspects: (1) Our newly proposed predictive compact variability models in all-region are accurately calibrated with experimental data, using a simple characterization method;(2) A new efficient approach for logic design space optimization is proposed based on a set of elaborately selected subthreshold FoMs, and the impacts of variation on energy efficiency, delay variation and failure probability are thoroughly investigated;(3) The conventional gate sizing method is also ameliorated specifically for FinFET NTV design. Based on silicon data, the proposed methodology is then demonstrated under V~(dd)=199mV and V_(dd)=145mV, targeting energy-efficiency priority and V_(dd) priority scenarios, respectively. This work provides helpful guidelines for FinFET variation-aware near-threshold design.
this paper presents a low-power 14-bit hybrid incremental Σ-Δ/cyclic analog-to-digital converter(ADC) based on pseudo-differential operational amplifier, which is designed for the readout circuit of infrared focal p...
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(纸本)9781467391955
this paper presents a low-power 14-bit hybrid incremental Σ-Δ/cyclic analog-to-digital converter(ADC) based on pseudo-differential operational amplifier, which is designed for the readout circuit of infrared focal plane array *** two-stage hybrid ADC employs an incremental sigma-delta ADC and a cyclic ADC, achieving a good trade-off between accuracy and conversion speed. The two stages share the same analog circuit to reduce area and power consumption. A common-mood feedback module is used to suppress the influence of charge injection, and the effectiveness is demonstrated by detailed theoretical analysis and simulation result. A test chip is fabricated in 0.18 μm CMOS technology. The hybrid ADC in each column is performed in parallel with power consumption of218.813 μW. The simulation result reveals the effective number of bits(ENOB) is 13.775 bits.
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