• DocumentCode
    1944424
  • Title

    Improving Reliability using Design Centering

  • Author

    Heimsch, W. ; Krebs, R. ; Ziemann, K. ; Moebus, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Siemens AG, Corporate Research and Development, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-8000 Mÿnchen 83, F.R.G.
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    13-16 Sept. 1988
  • Abstract
    In this work the reliability of a BiCMOS NOR Gate is investigated. A design centering program is used to dimension the width of the MOS transistors in order to make the circuit utmost insensible to current efficiency fluctuations caused by process parameter deviations. Therewith the reliability could be increased by 37% while the current efficiency of the single MOS transistors fluctuates within its 5% value.
  • Keywords
    BiCMOS integrated circuits; Bipolar transistors; Circuit synthesis; Design optimization; Fabrication; Fluctuations; MOSFETs; Research and development; Switches; Threshold voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid State Device Research Conference, 1988. ESSDERC '88. 18th European
  • Conference_Location
    Montpellier, France
  • Print_ISBN
    2868830994
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5436899