• DocumentCode
    3275078
  • Title

    Nonlinearities of capacitors realized by MOSFET gates

  • Author

    Behr, A.T. ; Schneider, M.C. ; Noceti, F.S. ; Montoro, C.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. de Instrum. Eletronica, Univ. Federal de Sata Caterina, Florianopolis, Brazil
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    10-13 May 1992
  • Firstpage
    1284
  • Abstract
    The capacitive gate structures available in digital oriented CMOS processes are reviewed, with emphasis on their use as linear capacitors. Experimental and analytical results indicate that the total harmonic distortion (THD) in an adequately biased (2.5 V) gate capacitor can be kept low (THD<-40 dB for a 3 V voltage swing)
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; capacitors; digital integrated circuits; insulated gate field effect transistors; MOSFET gates; THD; capacitive gate structures; digital oriented CMOS processes; linear capacitors; total harmonic distortion; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Capacitance; Filters; Harmonic analysis; MOS capacitors; MOSFET circuits; System-on-a-chip; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1992. ISCAS '92. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0593-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1992.230270
  • Filename
    230270