Title
Design for reliability of generic sensor interface circuits.
Abstract
Numerous applications require the use of robust and reliable integrated circuits. In order to develop such circuits, a wide variety of influences need to be considered and also compensated if necessary. For a complete consideration of all reliability issues, the circuit has to be investigated on different levels of abstraction and together with the complete overlying system. These requirements are addressed in this work by using cross-layer design methods for the development of a generic sensor interface as an example for a complex integrated circuit. During the development, a reliability-aware design is used and major physical effects are taken into account, which alter the overall behavior of the system. Furthermore, modeling techniques are applied to port influences and circuit components from one level of abstraction to another. Possible countermeasures and compensation techniques for a reliable circuit design are also analyzed on transistor and system level. The result is a sensor interface circuit, which can be used to investigate all effects of interest and suitable countermeasures on different abstraction levels.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.microrel.2017.11.029
Microelectronics Reliability
Keywords
Field
DocType
Sensor interface,Reliability,Reliability-aware design,Cross-layer design,Behavioral modeling,Compensation techniques
Abstraction,Interface circuits,Circuit design,Design methods,Electronic engineering,Engineering,Electronic circuit,Transistor,Integrated circuit,Reliability engineering,System level
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
80
0026-2714
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
19
6