An optimized UWB correlator design with the consideration of the impacts from the ESD protection devices  

作　　者：SHI ZiTao WANG Albert CHENG YuHua 

机构地区：[1]Shanghai Research Institute of Microelectronics,Peking University [2]School of Information Science and Technology,Peking University [3]Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,University of California

出　　处：《Science China(Information Sciences)》2013年第6期124-132,共9页中国科学（信息科学）（英文版）

基　　金：supported by Research Program of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (Grant No.11110707100)

摘　　要：Electrostatic discharge（ESD） failure has become an emerging challenge for radio frequency（RF） integrated circuits（ICs）,which requires high ESD-protection for circuit applications in harsh environment.This paper discusses the design and optimization of an ultra-wideband（UWB） correlator circuit using ESDaware simulation design technique.Mixed-mode ESD simulation-design method and RF ESD characterization technique are presented for accurate ESD device design and ESD-induced parasitic effects extraction.The impact of ESD induced parasitic is carefully considered in the whole correlator design simulation by using a direct S-parameter insertion technique.The design is based on a commercial 0.18 μm RFCMOS technology.Electrostatic discharge（ESD） failure has become an emerging challenge for radio frequency（RF） integrated circuits（ICs）,which requires high ESD-protection for circuit applications in harsh environment.This paper discusses the design and optimization of an ultra-wideband（UWB） correlator circuit using ESDaware simulation design technique.Mixed-mode ESD simulation-design method and RF ESD characterization technique are presented for accurate ESD device design and ESD-induced parasitic effects extraction.The impact of ESD induced parasitic is carefully considered in the whole correlator design simulation by using a direct S-parameter insertion technique.The design is based on a commercial 0.18 μm RFCMOS technology.

关 键 词：ULTRA-WIDEBAND CORRELATOR electrostatic discharge（ESD） radio frequency（RF） integrated circuit（IC） ESD-aware design optimization 

分 类 号：TN925[电子电信—通信与信息系统]