Title :
Trapezoidal association of transistors for mixed analog-digital circuits design on SOT array
Author :
Choi, Jug H. ; Bampi, Sergio
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Group-GME, Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents advantages of CMOS trapezoidal association of transistors (TAT) aiming at semi-custom mixed analog/digital circuits design on Sea-Of-Transistors (SOT) array. Several types and structures of transistors were implemented to allow better comparison with the association of transistors of same size. The SOT unit cells are on fixed size array and experimental results are shown for a 1.0 μm digital technology
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; integrated circuit design; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; 1.0 micron; CMOS; SOT array; TAT; fixed size array; mixed analog-digital circuits design; sea-of-transistors (SOT) array; semi-custom circuits; trapezoidal association of transistors; unit cells; Analog circuits; Analog-digital conversion; CMOS analog integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Digital circuits; Geometry; Microelectronics; Routing; Shape control;
Conference_Titel :
Design of Mixed-Mode Integrated Circuits and Applications, 1999. Third International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Puerto Vallarta
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5588-1
DOI :
10.1109/MMICA.1999.833597