• DocumentCode
    1941873
  • Title

    A compact circuit for wafer-level monitoring of operational amplifier high-frequency performance using DC parametric test equipment

  • Author

    Sparling, Z.G. ; Tyree, Vance C. ; Cox, Nathan ; Vernier, P. Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    MOSIS Service, Univ. of Southern California, Marina del Rey, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    19-22 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    142
  • Lastpage
    145
  • Abstract
    A test structure has been developed to permit wafer-level measurement of the frequency response of an operational amplifier having a unity gain frequency on the order of 2 GHz using DC measurement equipment. This paper describes the design issues associated with implementing this test structure along with test data obtained from three commercial fabrication runs in 180 nm CMOS.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; UHF amplifiers; integrated circuit testing; operational amplifiers; CMOS; DC parametric test equipment; compact circuit; operational amplifier high frequency performance; wafer level monitoring; Attenuation measurement; CMOS integrated circuits; Floors; Frequency measurement; Frequency synchronization; Oscilloscopes; Reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronic Test Structures (ICMTS), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    1071-9032
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1027-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMTS.2012.6190633
  • Filename
    6190633