Title :
Experiences on analog circuit technology migration and reuse
Author :
Acosta, RaÙl ; Silveira, Fernando ; Aguirre, Pablo
Author_Institution :
Instituto de Ingenieria Electrica, Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
Abstract :
This work deals with two aspects of the reuse and redesign of analog circuits. First, a method for technology migration of analog circuits, recently proposed by Galup-Montoro and Schneider (Proc. SBCCI2000, pp. 89-93, 2000), is validated experimentally in the redesign of a Miller OTA from a 2.4 μm technology to a 0.8 μm technology. In addition, the impact of the method on performance aspects of analog circuits not covered in the original proposal (slew rate and current mirror frequency response) is studied. As a second mechanism for allowing the reuse of analog circuits, the feasibility of the application of the reference bias current as a tuning parameter to customize the performance of an existing design to suit different applications is demonstrated.
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; circuit tuning; current mirrors; frequency response; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit technology; operational amplifiers; 0.8 micron; 2.4 micron; Miller OTA; analog circuit performance; analog circuit redesign; analog circuit technology migration; analog circuit technology reuse; current mirror frequency response; design customization; reference bias current tuning parameter; slew rate; Analog circuits; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Frequency response; Integrated circuit synthesis; Integrated circuit technology; Mirrors; Proposals; Time to market;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Circuits and Systems Design, 2002. Proceedings. 15th Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1807-9
DOI :
10.1109/SBCCI.2002.1137654
