卢奕岑, 蒋见花, 袁甲, 商新超. 宽范围低功耗亚阈值电平转换单元的设计[J]. 微电子学与计算机, 2015, 32(8): 77-81. DOI: 10.19304/j.cnki.issn1000-7180.2015.08.016
引用本文: 卢奕岑, 蒋见花, 袁甲, 商新超. 宽范围低功耗亚阈值电平转换单元的设计[J]. 微电子学与计算机, 2015, 32(8): 77-81. DOI: 10.19304/j.cnki.issn1000-7180.2015.08.016
LU Yi-cen, JIANG Jian-hua, YUAN Jia, SHANG Xin-chao. Design of Low Power And Wide Voltage Range Sub-threshold Level Shifter[J]. Microelectronics & Computer, 2015, 32(8): 77-81. DOI: 10.19304/j.cnki.issn1000-7180.2015.08.016
Citation: LU Yi-cen, JIANG Jian-hua, YUAN Jia, SHANG Xin-chao. Design of Low Power And Wide Voltage Range Sub-threshold Level Shifter[J]. Microelectronics & Computer, 2015, 32(8): 77-81. DOI: 10.19304/j.cnki.issn1000-7180.2015.08.016

宽范围低功耗亚阈值电平转换单元的设计

Design of Low Power And Wide Voltage Range Sub-threshold Level Shifter

  • 摘要: 在现代集成电路设计中,常采用多电压域的设计方法来降低系统功耗.为满足供电电压不同的电压域之间信号电平的转换,需要插入电平转换单元(Level Shifter).提出了一种宽范围低功耗电平转换单元结构,该单元采用多阈值晶体管技术,使用二极管形式连接的PMOS管限制上拉电流,进一步扩展了电平转换范围,能够实现从阈值附近的低电平向较高电平的转换.基于SMIC 0.13 μm工艺,对该单元进行仿真验证,结果显示该结构在不同的工艺和温度下,能够稳定实现从0.18 V到1.2 V的转换,此时最高工作频率为1 MHz,表明该结构在亚阈值工作条件下具有较高的稳定性和可靠性.

     

    Abstract: The method of multiple voltage domains in very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuits design has been widely used to achieve low power of SoC system.Level shifters are needed in the interfacing between power domains supplied by different voltages.In this paper we present a new low power level shifter which can work in a wide voltage range. The multiple threshold MOSFET technique is used in the level shifter design and diode-connected PMOS are also used to limit pull-up strength, which make the level shifter convert sub-threshold voltage signals to normal above threshold voltage signals successfully.The level shifter is designed in SMIC 0.13 μm and simulation results indicate that this level shifter can work well across different processes and temperatures and can steadily convert signals of 0.18 V to 1.2 V when the highest input frequency is 1 MHz,which shows robust operation and reliable performance with sub-threshold logic input.

     

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