Title :
Substrate Current Injection and Latchup in Complementary Vertical Bipolar Processes
Author_Institution :
Adv. Process Technol. Dev., National Semicond. Corp., Santa Clara, CA
Abstract :
Challenges and solutions for substrate current injection and latchup phenomena in complementary BiCMOS technologies are described. The vertical PNP presents specific challenges that differ from CMOS or NPN-only BiCMOS cases
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; flip-flops; complementary BiCMOS technologies; complementary vertical bipolar processes; latchup phenomena; substrate current injection; vertical PNP; Analog circuits; Batteries; BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Crosstalk; Cutoff frequency; Isolation technology; Low voltage; Substrates; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2006
Conference_Location :
Maastricht
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0458-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1088-9299
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.2006.311112