Estimation of parameter fluctuations for robust operation in analogue circuits and systems

Author

Kadim, H.J. ; Harvey, D.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Liverpool Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

741

Abstract

The design of an analogue circuit consists of assigning values to a set of designed parameters so that the circuit meets design objectives while satisfying a set of performance specifications. Due to inherent fluctuations in IC manufacturing processes, manufactured circuits exhibit a spread in performance values. However, While a circuit´s manufacturing yield is high it might be very sensitive to variations in environmental conditions such as power supply and temperature. Such sensitivity causes the circuit to have low operating performance. In this paper an estimation method of parameter fluctuations is proposed, based on analytical modelling equations, independent of simulation

Keywords

analogue integrated circuits; fluctuations; integrated circuit modelling; parameter estimation; analogue circuits; analogue systems; analytical modelling equations; environmental conditions; parameter fluctuations estimation; performance specifications; robust operation; Circuit faults; Circuit stability; Circuit testing; Circuits and systems; Fluctuations; Parameter estimation; Robust stability; Robustness; Transfer functions; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2000. Proceedings. ISCAS 2000 Geneva. The 2000 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5482-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2000.856435

Filename

856435