Title :
Sub-1 V CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using direct bootstrap technique for low-voltage CMOS VLSI
Author :
Chen, P.C. ; Kuo, J.B.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
3/14/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel sub-1 V CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using a direct bootstrap technique for low-voltage CMOS VLSI is reported. For a supply voltage of 1 V, the CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using the direct bootstrap technique shows a 3.3 times improvement in switching speed in driving a capacitive load of 2 pF compared to the conventional bootstrapped CMOS driver circuit using an indirect bootstrap technique. Even for a supply voltage of 0.8 V, this CMOS large capacitive load driver circuit using the direct bootstrap technique is still advantageous
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; bootstrap circuits; driver circuits; low-power electronics; 0.8 to 1 V; 2 pF; CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit; direct bootstrap technique; low-voltage CMOS VLSI; switching speed;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020208
