Comparative Study of a Fully Differential Op Amp in FinFET and Planar Technologies
 
Comparative Study of a Fully Differential Op Amp in FinFET and Planar Technologies 
 
Sebastien Morrison, Bertrand Parvais, Gerd Vandersteen, Kenichi Miyaguchi, Abdelkarim Mercha, Piet Wambacq
 
Abstract 

In the race to deliver ever smaller and faster devices, bulk FinFETs are seen as a viable alternative to planar bulk technologies. With that in mind, a new benchmarking scheme is implemented in order to effectively and fairly compare, in simulation, a 10nm FinFET technology with a 28nm planar CMOS one on a 100 MHz gain-bandwidth operational amplifier. For identical phase margins, the 10nm design consumes 99 mu A compared to over 123 mu A in 28nm, yielding a substantial decrease in power consumption in favor of the FinFET-based design.