<p>I 0.18 µm CMOS process har ett standardcells bibliotek med låg effektförbrukning implementerats. Cellerna har konstruerats och simulerats i Cadence och ett layoutprogram. Vid simulering av heladderare och D-vippor har effektförbrukningen och tider mätts upp och jämförts med varandra. Matningsspänningen varierade mellan 1 V och 1.8 V. In 0.18 µm CMOS process has a standard cell library with low power consumption been implemented. The cells have been made and simulated in Cadence and a layout program. At the simulation of the full adders and the D flip flops the power consumption and time have been estimated and compared. The power supply voltage varied between 1 V and 1.8 V.</p> / <p>A standard cell library with low power consumption has been implemented in a 0.18 mm CMOS process. The cells have been designed and simulated in Cadence and a layout program. During the simulation of the full adders and the D flip flops the power consumption and time have been estimated and compared. The power supply voltage varied between 1 V and 1.8 V.</p>

I 0.18 µm CMOS process har ett standardcells bibliotek med låg effektförbrukning implementerats. Cellerna har konstruerats och simulerats i Cadence och ett layoutprogram. Vid simulering av heladderare och D-vippor har effektförbrukningen och tider mätts upp och jämförts med varandra. Matningsspänningen varierade mellan 1 V och 1.8 V. In 0.18 µm CMOS process has a standard cell library with low power consumption been implemented. The cells have been made and simulated in Cadence and a layout program. At the simulation of the full adders and the D flip flops the power consumption and time have been estimated and compared. The power supply voltage varied between 1 V and 1.8 V. / A standard cell library with low power consumption has been implemented in a 0.18 mm CMOS process. The cells have been designed and simulated in Cadence and a layout program. During the simulation of the full adders and the D flip flops the power consumption and time have been estimated and compared. The power supply voltage varied between 1 V and 1.8 V.

Tato diplomová práce se zabývá návrhem 12 bitového řetězového A/D převodníku. Součástí návrhu bylo vytvořit referenční model převodníku v prostředí Matlab a determinovat faktory, které negativně ovlivňují výsledek konverze. S využitím nabytých poznatků navrhnout řetězový převodník na transistorové úrovni v prostředí Cadence. V teoretické části jsou shrnuty základy A/D převodu a dále jsou představeny nejčastěji používané architektury A/D převodníků. V dalších částech je popsán a diskutován vliv neidealit na vlastnosti řetězových převodníků. Praktická část se již věnuje popisu základních charakteristik řetězových převodníků a dokazuje funkci modelu. Z výsledků modelové struktury byly stanoveny reálné parametry, které byly dále využity v procesu tvorby návrhu v CMOS technologii TSMC 0,18m s nízkým napájecím napětím.

Jitter requirements have become more stringent with higher speed serial communication links. Reducing jitter, with the main focus on reducing data dependant jitter (DDJ), is presented by employing adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filter pre-emphasis. The adaptive FIR pre-emphasis is implemented in the IBM 7WL 0.18 µm SiGe BiCMOS process. SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) provide high bandwidth, low noise devices which could reduce the total system jitter. The trade-offs between utilising metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) current mode logic (CML) and SiGe bipolar CML are also discussed in comparison with a very high fT (IBM 8HP process with fT = 200 GHz) process. A reduction in total system jitter can be achieved by keeping the sub-components of the system jitter constant while optimising the DDJ. High speed CML circuits have been employed to allow data rates in excess of 5 Gb/s to be transmitted whilst still maintaining an internal voltage swing of at least 300 mV. This allows the final FIR filter adaptation scheme to minimise the DDJ within 12.5 % of a unit interval, at a data rate of 5 Gb/s implementing 6 FIR pre-emphasis filter taps, for a worst case copper backplane channel (30" FR-4 channel). The implemented integrated circuit (IC) designed as part of the verification process takes up less than 1 mm2 of silicon real estate. In this dissertation, SPICE simulation results are presented, as well as the novel IC implementation of the proposed FIR filter adaptation technique as part of the hypothesis verification procedure. The implemented transmitter and receiver were tested for functionality, and showed the successful functional behaviour of all the implemented CML gates associated with the first filter tap. However, due to the slow charge and discharge rate of the pulse generation circuit in both the transmitter and receiver, only the main operational state of the transmitter could be experimentally validated. As a result of the adaptation scheme implemented, the contribution in this research lies in that a designer utilising such an IC can optimise the DDJ, reducing the total system jitter, and hence increasing the data fidelity with minimal effort. / Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering / unrestricted

This project focus to desing an on-chip oscillator in function as a clock generator. Frequency stability of the oscillator is affected by supply voltage, temperature and process variations. The aim is to propose a clock generator with sufficient frequency stability, low power consumption and a small chip area. This work deals with the types of oscillators and their basic building blocks suitable for our application. It also deals with the study and design options of temperature and process compensation circuit generating the current control, which provides the frequency stabilization of the output signal.

This master thesis describes the design of a track-and-hold (T&amp;H) circuit with 10bit resolution, 80MS/s and 30MHz bandwidth. It is designed in a 0.18µm CMOS process with a supply voltage of 1.8 Volt. The circuit is supposed to work together with a 10bit pipelined analog to digital converter. A switched capacitor topology is used for the T&amp;H circuit and the amplifier is a folded cascode OTA with regulated cascode. The switches used are of transmission gate type. The thesis presents the design decisions, design phase and the theory needed to understand the design decisions and the considerations in the design phase. The results are based on circuit level SPICE simulations in Cadence with foundry provided BSIM3 transistor models. They show that the circuit has 10bit resolution and 7.6mW power consumption, for the worst-case frequency of 30MHz. The requirements on the dynamic performance are all fulfilled, most of them with large margins.

<p>This master thesis describes the design of a track-and-hold (T&H) circuit with 10bit resolution, 80MS/s and 30MHz bandwidth. It is designed in a 0.18µm CMOS process with a supply voltage of 1.8 Volt. The circuit is supposed to work together with a 10bit pipelined analog to digital converter. </p><p>A switched capacitor topology is used for the T&H circuit and the amplifier is a folded cascode OTA with regulated cascode. The switches used are of transmission gate type. </p><p>The thesis presents the design decisions, design phase and the theory needed to understand the design decisions and the considerations in the design phase. </p><p>The results are based on circuit level SPICE simulations in Cadence with foundry provided BSIM3 transistor models. They show that the circuit has 10bit resolution and 7.6mW power consumption, for the worst-case frequency of 30MHz. The requirements on the dynamic performance are all fulfilled, most of them with large margins.</p>