Substrate Noise Analysis for Integrated Circuits Design

Author

Quaresma, H.J. ; Serra, António Cruz

Author_Institution

Inst. Superior Tecnico, Lisboa

fYear

2007

fDate

1-3 May 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

An accurate substrate model for circuit simulations is essential for mixed-signal integrated circuits design, in order to properly account for the noise coupling through the low-doped substrate to the sensitive analog blocks. This paper presents simulation and experimental results showing the nonlinear trend of the substrate resistance with circuit distance, and discusses several aspects of the substrate noise coupling that should be considered during the choice of a suitable substrate model.

Keywords

integrated circuit design; integrated circuit noise; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; low-doped substrate; mixed-signal integrated circuits design; noise coupling; sensitive analog blocks; substrate noise coupling; Circuit analysis; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Dielectric substrates; Electrical resistance measurement; Impedance; Integrated circuit noise; Integrated circuit synthesis; Testing; Substrate noise coupling; analog-to-digital converter; device simulation; substrate cross talk; substrate resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings, 2007. IMTC 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Warsaw

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0588-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2007.379033

Filename

4258165