The tradition of implementing analogue circuits by means of voltage amplifiers is almost as old as the concept of electronic circuit design. The integrated electronic circuit, however, is a relatively new concept. Furthermore, integrated electronic circuits have significantly different limitations and strengths to the conventional discrete electronic circuits have. Since the active devices in i...

2D nanoelectronics based on single-layer MoS2 offers great advantages for both conventional and ubiquitous applications. This paper discusses the large-scale CVD growth of single-layer MoS2 and fabrication of devices and circuits for the first time. Both digital and analog circuits are fabricated to demonstrate its capability for mixed-signal applications.

This paper describes an original methodology for accurately modeling MOSFET process parameter variations. As compared to other process parameter variation modeling methods, the proposed methodology is capable of correctly modeling not only differences of process/model parameters, but also the process parameter variations for individual devices. This capability is very important for popular anal...

Fault diagnosis of analog circuits is essential for analog and mixed-signal systems testing and maintenance. A new method is proposed in this paper for multiple fault diagnosis of linear analog circuits in frequency domain. Woodbury formula is applied to the modified nodal equation to construct the fault diagnosis equation, which relates the limited measured circuit responses with the multiple ...

Section 1: Introduction Analog technology is very important in commercial and industrial instruments and systems – such as measuring instruments and automatic control systems -that have analog inputs and outputs. Consumer equipment drives demand for improvements in analog circuit performance, and this naturally leads to performance improvements in commercial and industrial equipment. Fig.1 show...

This paper presents a computer-aided design tool, IPRAIL, which automatically retargets existing analog layouts for technology migration and new specifications. The reuse-based methodology adopted in IPRAIL utilizes expert designer knowledge embedded in analog layouts. IPRAIL automatically extracts analog circuit and layout intellectual properties as templates, incorporates new technology desig...

In this paper, the importance and perspective for the digitally-assisted analog and RF circuits are discussed, especially related to wireless transceivers. Digital calibration techniques for compensating I/Q mismatch, IM2, and LO impairments in cellular, 2.4GHz WiFi, and 60GHz WiGig transceivers are introduced with detailed analysis and circuit implementations. Future technology directions such...

The temperature at surface of a silicon die depends on the activity of the circuits placed on it. In this paper, it is analyzed how Process, Voltage and Temperature (PVT) variations affect simultaneously some figures of merit (FoM) of some digital and analog circuits and the power dissipated by such circuits. It is shown that in some cases, a strong correlation exists between the variation of t...

---Fault diagnosis of analog circuits is essential for analog and mixed-signal circuits testing and maintenance. In this paper, a new method for multiple fault diagnosis in linear analog circuits is proposed based on the large change sensitivity analysis and ambiguity group locating technique. Test equation establishes the relationship between the measured responses and deviations of faulty par...

Analog circuits provide the critical interfaces between the digital world inside today’s integrated circuits and the physical world. Semiconductor technology scaling driven by ’Moore’s Law’ has resulted in a phenomenal scaling of the performance of digital processors and memory. Continuing design innovations have enabled the scaling of analog interfaces onto scaled CMOS technologies, even thoug...