Circuit -Level Elect rot hermal Simulation of Electrostatic Discharge in Integrated Circuits

OVERVOLTAGE EFFECTS ON ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Amplifier Input Stage Overvoltage Amplifier Output Voltage Phase Reversal Understanding and Protecting Integrated Circuits from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Application of the Latency Insertion Method (LIM) to the Modeling of CDM ESD Event

In this paper, the application of the latency insertion method (LIM) to the analysis of charged device model (CDM) electrostatic discharge (ESD) events in integrated circuits (ICs) is discussed. LIM is proposed as an alternative to existing techniques commonly used for chip-level circuit simulation of CDM ESD. Such simulators, based on the modified nodal analysis (MNA) method, can underperform ...

A MEMS Capacitive Microphone Modelling for Integrated Circuits

In this paper, a model for MEMS capacitive microphone is presented for integrated circuits.  The microphone has a diaphragm thickness of 1 μm, 0.5 × 0.5 mm2 dimension, and an air gap of 1.0 μm. Using the analytical and simulation results, the important features of MEMS capacitive microphone such as pull-in voltage and sensitivity are obtained 3.8v and 6.916 mV/Pa, respectively while there is no...

A New Circuit Scheme for Wide Dynamic Circuits

In this paper, a new circuit scheme is proposed to reduce the power consumption of dynamic circuits. In the proposed circuit, an NMOS keeper transistor is used to maintain the voltage level in the output node against charge sharing, leakage current and noise sources. Using the proposed keeper scheme, the voltage swing on the dynamic node is lowered to reduce the power consumption of wide fan-in...

A New Class of Resonant Discharge Drive Topology for Switched Reluctance Motor

Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive has a remarkable characteristic, high efficiency, and good controllability, which makes it attractive for high-speed applications. In this paper, the basic control strategy for a switched reluctance motor drive circuit is explained and then three different resonant discharge topologies for SRM drive circuit are proposed. Due to resonantly discharging of exc...