Analog Circuit Design for Process Variation-Resilient Systems-on-a-Chip von Marvin Onabajo | ISBN 9781461422969

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

von Marvin Onabajo und Jose Silva-Martinez
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinMarvin Onabajo
Autor / AutorinJose Silva-Martinez
Buchcover Analog Circuit Design for Process Variation-Resilient Systems-on-a-Chip | Marvin Onabajo | EAN 9781461422969 | ISBN 1-4614-2296-5 | ISBN 978-1-4614-2296-9

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

von Marvin Onabajo und Jose Silva-Martinez
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinMarvin Onabajo
Autor / AutorinJose Silva-Martinez

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 circuit-level techniques are described, with their relationships to emerging system-level calibration approaches, to tune the performances of analog circuits with digital assistance or control. Coverage also includes a strategy to utilize on-chip temperature sensors to measure the signal power and linearity characteristics of analog/RF circuits, as demonstrated by test chip measurements.   

  • Describes a variety of variation-tolerant analog circuit design examples, including from RF front-ends, high-performance ADCs and baseband filters;
  • Includes built-in testing techniques, linked to current industrial trends;
  • Balances digitally-assisted performance tuning with analog performance tuning and mismatch reduction approaches;
  • Describes theoretical concepts as well as experimental results for test chips designed with variation-aware techniques.