Title
A Low-Offset Cascaded Time Amplifier With Reconfigurable Inter-Stage Connection
Abstract
This study demonstrates the design and testing of a reconfigurable cascaded time amplifier (TA) that enables a reduction in the output offset. By testing the polarity of the output offset time caused by process variations in each stage and then reconfiguring the inter-stage connections, we find that the total output offset time can be reduced dramatically. The results of a SPICE simulation of a 65-nm CMOS match well with the theoretical estimates and show the effectiveness of this proposed testing structure and reconfigurable inter-stage connection technique.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1587/elex.11.20140203
IEICE ELECTRONICS EXPRESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
time amplifier, jitter measurement, design for testability, BIST
Design for testing,Computer science,Spice,Direct-coupled amplifier,CMOS,Low offset,Electronic engineering,Operational amplifier,Offset (computer science),Amplifier
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
11
10
1349-2543
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
9
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kiichi Niitsu112638.14
Naohiro Harigai262.58
Takahiro J. Yamaguchi317635.24
Haruo Kobayashi400.34