An analysis of substrate noise coupling in mixed-signal circuits has been performed in the TSMC 0.25 [mu]m lightly doped and heavily doped CMOS processes. Methods to minimize noise coupling in both the chip design and bo ...

This thesis presents a low power DC-DC converter suitable for harvesting energy from high impedance thermoelectric generators (TEGs) for the use in body powered electronics. The chip has been fabricated in a 130nm CMOS ...

In this dissertation, a new Δ∑ A/D converter is presented that is ideally suited for communication applications. It is based on a single-loop single-stage structure, which can realize a high maximum out-of-band quantiz ...

A differential current-mode track-and-hold (T/H) amplifier is used to sample an analog input signal. A new closed-loop current-mode architecture has been developed that overcomes the stability problems associated with ...

This thesis presents a Z-parameter based model to predict the substrate noise coupling between two contacts in a heavily doped substrate for frequencies less than 2 GHz. The empirical model is scalable with contact siz ...

In April of 1997 it was pointed out at an NSF Engineering Education Innovators conference that “… education appears to ignore the need for connections and for integration – which should be at the core of an engineering ...

A methodology for rapid estimation of substrate noise generated by digital circuitry in mixed-signal circuits is presented. This methodology is incorporated into the Silencer! framework, and also provides for future impr ...

This thesis presents distinctly different methods of accurately predicting phase noise and absolute jitter in ring oscillators. The phase noise prediction methods are the commercially available SpectreRF and isf_tool, ...

This thesis presents Silencer!, a fully automated, schematic-driven tool for substrate noise coupling simulation and analysis. It has been integrated in the CADENCE DFII environment and seamlessly enables substrate cou ...