Title :
1.5 V high-speed electrostatic discharge free BiCMOS digital circuit
Author :
Seng, Yeo Kiat ; Rofail, S.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
fDate :
6/25/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel circuit design that effectively eliminates the need for input protection circuits is described. Besides having an excellent electrostatic discharge (ESD) robustness, the simulation results have shown that this design outperforms current BiCMOS circuits in terms of speed, power, crossover capacitance, and chip area for a wide range of load capacitances, power supply voltages and technologies. The proposed circuit remains functional after an ESD test
Keywords :
BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; SPICE; electrostatic discharge; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit testing; 1.5 V; HSPICE results; chip area; crossover capacitance; design; electrostatic discharge; high-speed BiCMOS digital circuit; input protection circuit; simulation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980866
