학술논문

A high performance super self-aligned 3 V/5 V BiCMOS technology with extremely low parasitics for low-power mixed-signal applications
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices IEEE Trans. Electron Devices Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on. 42(3):513-522 Mar, 1995
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
BiCMOS integrated circuits
Delay
Capacitance
Energy consumption
Analog integrated circuits
High speed integrated circuits
Digital integrated circuits
Current measurement
CMOS process
Phase locked loops
Language
ISSN
0018-9383
1557-9646
Abstract
A high performance BiCMOS technology, BEST2 (Bipolar Enhanced super Self-aligned Technology) designed for supporting low-power multiGHz mixed-signal applications is presented. Process modules to produce low parasitic device structures are described. The developed BiCMOS process implemented with 1 /spl mu/m design rules (0.5 /spl mu/m as one nesting tolerance) has achieved f/sub l/ and f/sub max/ for npn bipolar (A/sub e/=1/spl times/2 /spl mu/m/sup 2/) of 23 GHz and 24 GHz at V/sub ce/=3 V, respectively, with BV/sub ceospl ges/5.5 volts, and /spl beta/V/sub A/ product of 2400. Typical measured ECL gate delay is 48 ps/37 ps per stage (A/sub e/=1/spl times/2 /spl mu/m/sup 2/; 500 mV swing) at 0.6 mA/2.1 mA switching currents, and CMOS gate delay (gate oxide=125 /spl Aring/, L/sub eff/=0.6 /spl mu/m; V/sub th,nch/=0.45 V; V/sub th,pch/=-0.45 V) 70 ps/stage. A BiCMOS phase-locked-loop (emitter width=1 /spl mu/m; gate L/sub eff/=0.7 /spl mu/m) has achieved 6 GHz operation at 2 V power supply with total power consumption of 60 mW.ETX