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IC Design Philosophy
• Introduction!
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IC Design Philosophy
• Introduction :
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– We have studied discrete–circuit amplifier
configurations.
– The next domain is integrated–circuit amplifiers.
• There is a difference in IC design philosophy.
– Circuits combine MOS and bipolar transistors in a
technology known as BiMOS or BiCMOS.
– Chip-area considerations dictate that while resistors are
to be avoided, constant current sources are readily
available.
• …contd!
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Typical Values of BJT/MOSFET Parameters
• To pack more transistors on a chip, the trend is to reduce the
minimum allowable channel length.
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• Magnitude of threshold voltage Vt has been decreasing with
decreasing length. Additionally VDD has been reduced from 5 volts
to 1 volt for newer technologies to keep power dissipation as low as
possible.
• With submicron technologies, channel length modulation effect is
very pronounced. As a result V’A has been steadily decreasing
which causes Early voltage VA = V’AL to become very small so
short-channel MOSFETs exhibit low output resistance.
– Because r0 = VA/ID
• Two major MOSFET capacitances are Cgs and Cgd. We see that:
– Shorter devices exhibit much higher operating speeds and wider
amplifier bandwidths.
• …contd!
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Typical values……contd
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Comparison of Important Characteristics
• MOSFET • BJT
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• Induce a channel vGS > vt where • Forward-bias EBJ vBE >vBEon
vt = 0.5 to 0.7 V where vBEon = 0.5 V
• vDS > (vGS – vt) • Reverse-bias CBJ
• i – v characteristics • i – v characteristics
• iG = 0 • iB = iC/β
• Input resistance (CS) is infinite • Input resistance (CE) rΠ = β/gm
• Transconductance • Transconductance gm=Ic/VT
gm
id
vgs
k n
W
L
VGS Vt
ID
1
kn
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VGS Vt 1 VV
2 DS
where 1/VA = λ process-technology parameter
2 L A
or 2 ID
gm
V
GS Vt
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