Title :
Performance comparison of driver architectures in submicron CMOS and BiCMOS technologies for low voltage operation
Author :
Moisiadis, Ioannis ; Bouras, Ilias ; Papadas, Constantin ; Arapoyanni, Angela
Author_Institution :
ISD SA, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
The purpose of this paper is to compare various driver architectures in standard CMOS and BiCMOS submicron technologies. The advantages and limitations of the drivers performance are being presented, focusing on power supply voltages in the area of 3.3-1.5 V. It is shown that the BiNMOS driver exhibits a good performance down to 1.5 V and considering the simplicity of the circuit, is a very strong candidate for low voltage, low power VLSI circuits
Keywords :
BIMOS integrated circuits; BiCMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; VLSI; driver circuits; low-power electronics; 0.5 micron; 1.5 to 3.3 V; BiNMOS driver; driver architectures; low power VLSI circuits; low voltage operation; performance comparison; power supply voltages; submicron BiCMOS technology; submicron CMOS technology; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit simulation; Delay; Driver circuits; Frequency; Informatics; Low voltage; MOS devices; Microelectronics;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of ICECS '99. The 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pafos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5682-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1999.812258
