• DocumentCode
    2157706
  • Title

    45pW ESD clamp circuit for ultra-low power applications

  • Author

    Yen-Po Chen ; Yoonmyung Lee ; Jae-Yoon Sim ; Alioto, Massimo ; Blaauw, D. ; Sylvester, Dennis

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-25 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Novel ultra low-leakage ESD power clamp designs for wireless sensor applications are proposed and implemented in 0.18μm CMOS. Using new biasing structures to limit both subthreshold leakage and GIDL, the proposed designs consume as little as 43pW at 25 C and 119nW at 125 C with 4500V HBM level and 400V MM level protection, marking an 18-139× leakage reduction over conventional ESD clamps.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; electrostatic discharge; low-power electronics; wireless sensor networks; power 119 nW; power 43 pW; power 45 pW; size 0.18 mum; temperature 125 C; temperature 25 C; voltage 400 V; voltage 4500 V; Clamps; Electrostatic discharges; Leakage currents; Standards; Subthreshold current; Temperature measurement; Transistors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CICC.2013.6658522
  • Filename
    6658522