A test monitor circuit for low-frequency noise characterization is demonstrated in 28nm CMOS technology. The circuit allows a fast evaluation of the low frequency noise performance of transistors, providing a digital output. The VCO-based quantizer used for analog to digital conversion is capable of converting signal of small amplitude, in the μV range. A good agreement between the results obtained with the proposed circuit and standard measurements techniques is obtained.
Parvais, B, Wambacq, P, Mercha, A, Verkest, D, Thean, A, Sawada, K, Nomoto, K, Oishi, T & Ammo, H 2016, A digital intensive circuit for low-frequency noise monitoring in 28nm CMOS. in 2015 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2015 - Proceedings., 7387446, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 157-160, 11th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2015, Xiamen, Fujian, China, 9/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2015.7387446
Parvais, B., Wambacq, P., Mercha, A., Verkest, D., Thean, A., Sawada, K., Nomoto, K., Oishi, T., & Ammo, H. (2016). A digital intensive circuit for low-frequency noise monitoring in 28nm CMOS. In 2015 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2015 - Proceedings (pp. 157-160). Article 7387446 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASSCC.2015.7387446
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title = "A digital intensive circuit for low-frequency noise monitoring in 28nm CMOS",
abstract = "A test monitor circuit for low-frequency noise characterization is demonstrated in 28nm CMOS technology. The circuit allows a fast evaluation of the low frequency noise performance of transistors, providing a digital output. The VCO-based quantizer used for analog to digital conversion is capable of converting signal of small amplitude, in the μV range. A good agreement between the results obtained with the proposed circuit and standard measurements techniques is obtained.",
keywords = "CMOS characterization, flicker noise, noise measurement, sigma-delta converters, Test monitors, VCO-based quantizers",
author = "Bertrand Parvais and Piet Wambacq and Abdelkarim Mercha and Diederik Verkest and Aaron Thean and Ken Sawada and Kazuki Nomoto and Tetsuya Oishi and Hiroaki Ammo",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "19",
doi = "10.1109/ASSCC.2015.7387446",
language = "English",
pages = "157--160",
booktitle = "2015 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2015 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
address = "United States",
note = "11th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2015 ; Conference date: 09-11-2015 Through 11-11-2015",
}