Title :
A 1.5-V full-swing bootstrapped CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit suitable for low-voltage CMOS VLSI
Author :
Lou, J.H. ; Kuo, J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fDate :
1/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper reports a 1.5-V full-swing bootstrapped CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using two bootstrap capacitors to enhance the switching speed for low-voltage CMOS VLSI. For a supply voltage of 1.5 V, the full-swing bootstrapped CMOS driver circuit shows a 2.2 times improvement in switching speed in driving a capacitive load of 10 pF as compared to the conventional CMOS driver circuit. Even for a supply voltage of 1 V, this full-swing bootstrapped CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit is still advantageous
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; capacitance; driver circuits; 1 to 1.5 V; 10 pF; bootstrap capacitors; full-swing bootstrapped driver circuit; large capacitive-load driver circuit; low-voltage CMOS VLSI; switching speed enhancement; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Capacitors; Driver circuits; Inverters; Logic circuits; Low voltage; MOS devices; Switched capacitor circuits; Switching circuits; Threshold voltage; Very large scale integration; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of
