A Novel Active Decoupling Capacitor Design in 90nm CMOS

—On-chip decoupling capacitors (decaps) are generally used to reduce power supply noise. Passive decap designs are reaching their limits in 90nm CMOS technology due to higher operating frequency, lower supply voltage, increased concerns on electrostatic discharge (ESD) reliability and thin-oxide gate leakage. In this paper, a novel active decap design is proposed to provide better noise reduction than the passive decaps. The active decap is analyzed for ESD reliability and process/temperature variation adaptability. It is

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ISCAS
• Authors: Xiongfei Meng, Karim Arabi, Resve Saleh
• Keywords: Active Decap, Decap Design, ISCAS 2007, Passive Decaps