Aug 7, 2007 #1 E exeiji Newbie level 6 Joined Aug 27, 2004 Messages 11 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 125 Newbie in IC design, is there any practical application with subthreshold operation? What are the challenges? Yield / distribution? Foundry dependence? Model accuracy? Thanks!!
Newbie in IC design, is there any practical application with subthreshold operation? What are the challenges? Yield / distribution? Foundry dependence? Model accuracy? Thanks!!
Aug 8, 2007 #2 R renwl Advanced Member level 1 Joined Apr 26, 2004 Messages 452 Helped 27 Reputation 54 Reaction score 5 Trophy points 1,298 Location shanghai,china Activity points 1,805 very low power and low voltage application need mos with subthreshold operation.
Aug 8, 2007 #3 E exeiji Newbie level 6 Joined Aug 27, 2004 Messages 11 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 125 Thanks for the reply but specifically, what kinds of application are they?
Aug 8, 2007 #4 R renwl Advanced Member level 1 Joined Apr 26, 2004 Messages 452 Helped 27 Reputation 54 Reaction score 5 Trophy points 1,298 Location shanghai,china Activity points 1,805 for example RFID card.
Aug 8, 2007 #5 N n1cm0c Full Member level 2 Joined Sep 5, 2006 Messages 146 Helped 27 Reputation 54 Reaction score 2 Trophy points 1,298 Location Santa Maria Activity points 2,330 medical, implantable electronics where very low power is required.
Sep 16, 2007 #6 A avt Member level 5 Joined Apr 25, 2005 Messages 86 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,286 Activity points 1,981 yes there is - look at grealls www-site - he has designed filters and furtheron a igma delta converter in log-domain (for a hearing aid application) Added after 1 minutes: there is also a good book written by grealls that I'm reading right now - it's called "Low Voltage CMOS Log COmpanding Analog Design"
yes there is - look at grealls www-site - he has designed filters and furtheron a igma delta converter in log-domain (for a hearing aid application) Added after 1 minutes: there is also a good book written by grealls that I'm reading right now - it's called "Low Voltage CMOS Log COmpanding Analog Design"
Sep 17, 2007 #7 P piao Full Member level 4 Joined Feb 12, 2003 Messages 221 Helped 12 Reputation 24 Reaction score 8 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 1,517 I think if you want to design a low power but high gain circuit, you need this structure.