Design of 2xVDD-tolerant I/O buffer with considerations of gate-oxide reliability and hot-carrier degradation

Hui Wen Tsai*, Ming-Dou Ker

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    Abstract

    A new 2×VDD-tolerant I/O buffer circuit, realized with only 1×VDD devices in nanoscale CMOS technology, to prevent transistors against gate-oxide reliability and hot-carrier degradation is proposed. The new proposed 2×VDD-tolerant I/O buffer has been implemented in a 130-nm CMOS process to serve a 2.5-V/1.2-V mixed-voltage interface without using the additional thick gate-oxide (2.5-V) devices. This 2×VDD-tolerant I/O buffer has been successfully confirmed by the experimental results with a signal speed of up to 133 MHz for PCI-X application.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationICECS 2007 - 14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems
    Pages1240-1243
    Number of pages4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Dec 2007
    Event14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2007 - Marrakech, Morocco
    Duration: 11 Dec 200714 Dec 2007

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

    Conference

    Conference14th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, ICECS 2007
    Country/TerritoryMorocco
    CityMarrakech
    Period11/12/0714/12/07

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