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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Design of A Novel Mixed-Voltage-Tolerant I/O Buffer with High Reliability

Hou, Hsiao-Han 26 July 2011 (has links)
This thesis is composed of two parts: a 3¡ÑVDD mixed-voltage-tolerant I/O buffer with 1¡ÑVDD CMOS standard device, and a PVT detector for 2¡ÑVDD output buffer with slew-rate compensation. In the first topic, a 3¡ÑVDD bidirectional mixed-voltage-tolerant I/O buffer, which has been implemented using a typical TSMC 0.18 £gm CMOS process, is proposed with a Dynamic gate bias voltage generator to provide appropriate gate drives for the stacked output stage. Besides, a Gate-tracking circuit and a Floating N-well technique are adopted to prevent 1¡ÑVDD device from gate-oxide overstress problems and leakage currents. The maximum data rate is simulated to be 166/166/166/100/80 MHz when VDDIO is 5.0/3.3/1.8/1.2/0.9 V, respectively, given an equivalent probe capacitive load of 10pF. The second topic is a process, voltage, and temperature¡]PVT¡^detector for 2¡ÑVDD output buffer with slew-rate compensation. The threshold voltage¡]Vth¡^ of PMOSs and NMOSs varying with process variation could be detected, respectively. In addition, the voltage and temperature variations could be monitored, respectively, by detecting different charging and discharging times of delay buffers at each PVT corner. By adjusting output currents, the slew rate of output signals could be compensated over 24¢H. Moreover, the maximum data rate with compensation is 133 MHz in contrast with 100 MHz without compensation when VDDIO ¡× 1.8 V, in transmitting mode.

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