Compact outside-rail circuit structure by single-cascode two-transistor topology

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Abstract

This paper presents a new compact outside-rail circuit structure for future scaled CMOS technology. The proposed circuit is composed of only two transistors connected into a single cascode style for increasing supply voltage to one more nominal supply voltage (VDD ). The circuit is manufactured and measured. Reliability is also verified by the trajectory plot for gate-source voltage and gate-drain voltage of all devices. The results confirm that triple of nominal supply voltage can be used without any overstress in all CMOS devices. The proposed circuit saves 52% area and improves speed for 40% of the conventional approach in the case of 4VDD. An example of outside-rail opamp is also proposed by using the proposed circuit

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2006
PublisherIEEE
Pages619-622
Number of pages4
ISBN (print)1-4244-0075-9
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2006
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

TitleIEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2006
Duration10 - 13 September 2006
LocationSan Jose, CA, USA

External IDs

Scopus 39049171118
ORCID /0000-0002-4152-1203/work/165453387

Keywords

Keywords

  • Circuit topology, Voltage, CMOS technology, MOS devices, Inverters, Paper technology, Driver circuits, CMOS process, Resistors, Collaboration