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

Onabajo, Marvin; Silva-Martinez, Jose

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-03-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781461422952

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2296-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 174