16th International Conference on VLSI Design
Optimization of 1.8V I/O circuits for performance, reliability at the 100nm technology node
New Delhi, India
January 04-January 08
ISBN: 0-7695-1868-0
We describe the methodology and challenges in designing robust receiver and driver buffers in a sate-of-the-art sub-100nm CMOS technology. Issues addressed are the gate voltage limitations due to very thin gate oxides, channel hot carriers, process variability and design margins. The bi-directional buffer is 90 um x 114 um in size and has a maximum speed of 150 MHz with a 50 ohm termination.
Citation:
V. Menezes, C. B. Keshav, S. Gupta, M. Roopashree, S. Krishnan, A. Amerasekera, G. Palau, "Optimization of 1.8V I/O circuits for performance, reliability at the 100nm technology node," vlsid, pp.122, 16th International Conference on VLSI Design, 2003