Abstract:As technology scales, the impact of process variation to device and circuit performance has increased significantly. The presented statistical design approach illustrates the importance of pre-silicon circuit performance characterization under random variation stress. The measured data shows that by applying sound analog layout rules, actual variation can be reduced by 30% and that compensation techniques like chopping for amplifier offset cancellation and current source mismatch reduction are effective in low… Show more
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