Transient-Induced Latchup Dependence on Power-Pin Damping Frequency and Damping Factor in CMOS Integrated Circuits

Autor: Sheng-Fu Hsu, Ming-Dou Ker
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 54:2002-2010
ISSN: 0018-9383
DOI: 10.1109/ted.2007.901391
Popis: The bipolar (underdamped sinusoidal) transient noise on power pins of CMOS integrated circuits (ICs) can trigger latchup in CMOS ICs under system-level electrostatic-discharge test. Two dominant parameters of bipolar transient noise-damping frequency and damping factor-strongly depend on system shielding, board-level noise filter, chip-/board-level layout, etc. The transient-induced-latchup (TLU) dependence on power-pin damping frequency and damping factor was characterized by device simulation and verified by experimental measurement. From the simulation results, bipolar-trigger waveforms with damping frequencies of several tens of megahertz can trigger the TLU most easily. However, TLU is less sensitive to the bipolar-trigger waveforms with an excessively large damping factor or an excessively low/high damping frequency. The simulation results have been experimentally verified with the silicon-controlled-rectifier (SCR) test structures that are fabricated in a 0.25-mum CMOS technology.
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