A practical, comprehensive survey of SOI CMOS devices and circuits for microelectronics engineers

The microelectronics industry is becoming increasingly dependent on SOI CMOS VLSI devices and circuits. This book is the first to address this important topic with a practical focus on devices and circuits. It provides an up-to-date survey of the current knowledge regarding SOI device behaviors and describes state-of-the-art low-voltage CMOS VLSI analog and digital circuit techniques.

Low-Voltage SOI CMOS VLSI Devices and Circuits covers the entire field, from basic concepts to the most advanced ideas. Topics include:

• SOI device behavior: fundamental and floating body effects, hot carrier effects, sensitivity, reliability, self-heating, breakdown, ESD, dual-gate devices, accumulation-mode devices, short channel effects, and narrow channel effects
• Low-voltage SOI digital circuits: floating body effects, DRAM, SRAM, static logic, dynamic logic, gate array, CPU, frequency divider, and DSP
• Low-voltage SOI analog circuits: op amps, filters, ADC/DAC, sigma-delta modulators, RF circuits, VCO, mixers, low-noise amplifiers, and high-temperature circuits

With over 300 references to the state of the art and over 300 important figures on low-voltage SOI CMOS devices and circuits, this volume serves as an authoritative, reliable resource for engineers designing these circuits in high-tech industries.

A comprehensive guide to cutting-edge low-voltage CMOS VLSI circuit techniques
Despite the inevitable trend toward low-voltage VLSI circuits, few books address the technology, and none at as comprehensive a level as this one. Geared to the needs of engineers and designers in the field, this unique volume presents a remarkably detailed analysis of one of the hottest and most compelling research topics in micro- electronics today—namely, low-voltage CMOS VLSI circuit techniques for VLSI systems. It features complete guidelines to diversified low-voltage and low-power circuit techniques, emphasizing the role of submicron and CMOS processing technology and device modeling in the circuit designs of low-voltage CMOS VLSI. Indispensable topics and study aids include:

• 431 ready-to-use circuit diagrams and related figures of CMOS static and dynamic logic circuits
• Volatile and nonvolatile VLSI memory circuits, including the newly introduced ferroelectric RAM (FRAM)
• Low-voltage CMOS VLSI systems, along with components, CPUs, FPUs, and DSPs
• Microprocessor systems using low-voltage SOI and BiCMOS technologies
• 293 valuable references from the latest research papers
• End-of-chapter problems (a solutions manual is also available)