Analog Circuit Design for Process Variation-Resilient Systems-on-a-Chip

• Main Authors: Onabajo, Marvin (Author), Silva-Martinez, Jose (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Microprocessors.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Processor Architectures.

This book describes several techniques to address variation-related design challenges for analog blocks in mixed-signal systems-on-chip. The methods presented are results from recent research works involving receiver front-end circuits, baseband filter linearization, and data conversion. These circu...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Process Variation Challenges and Solutions Approaches
• High-Linearity Transconductance Amplifiers with Digital Correction Capability
• Multi-Bit Quantizer Design for Continuous-Time Sigma-Delta Modulators with Reduced Device Matching Requirements
• An On-Chip Temperature Sensor for the Measurement of RF Power Dissipation and Thermal Gradients
• Mismatch Reduction for Transitiors in High-Frequency Differential Analog Signal Paths
• Summary and Conclusions.