DocumentCode
1267799
Title
Adaptive architecture for CMOS BICS
Author
Maidon, Y. ; Deval, Y. ; Badets, F. ; Begueret, J.B.
Author_Institution
Lab. IXL, Bordeaux I Univ., Talence, France
Volume
35
Issue
17
fYear
1999
fDate
8/19/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1407
Lastpage
1409
Abstract
A CMOS built-in current sensor is proposed which is suitable for very low power supply current monitoring and low power supply voltage mixed circuits. It takes advantage of the parasitic resistor attached to an interconnection layer. Analysis and simulations reveal that the transducer is accurate, linear, transparent, highly sensitive and versatile. Process dependencies are taken into account. The sensor was fabricated in 0.6 μm technology and the characterising measurements are reported
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; built-in self test; electric sensing devices; integrated circuit measurement; integrated circuit testing; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; 0.6 micron; BICS; CMOS; built-in current sensor; characterising measurements; mixed circuits; parasitic resistor; power supply current monitoring; process dependencies;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19991004
Filename
803567
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