Strategies for built-in characterization testing and performance monitoring of analog RF circuits with temperature measurements
| Autor: | Diego Mateo, Marvin Onabajo, Eduardo Aldrete-Vidrio, Jose Silva-Martinez, M. Amine Salhi, Stefan Dilhaire, Stéphane Grauby, Josep Altet |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. HIPICS - Grup de Circuits i Sistemes Integrats d'Altes Prestacions, Electronic Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya [Barcelona] (UPC), Centre de physique moléculaire optique et hertzienne (CPMOH), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1, Analog and Mixed Signal Center (AMSC), Texas A&M University [College Station], project TEC2008-01856 |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Heterodyne
Materials science low-noise amplifier Integrated circuits 02 engineering and technology Integrated circuit Hardware_PERFORMANCEANDRELIABILITY CMOS differential temperature sensors Temperature measurement law.invention RF analog circuits law Electrònica 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS Center frequency Instrumentation Engineering (miscellaneous) heterodyne method business.industry homodyne method Applied Mathematics RF built-in test 020208 electrical & electronic engineering Low noise amplifiers Electrical engineering Enginyeria electrònica [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Low-noise amplifier 020202 computer hardware & architecture Michelson interferometer Interferometry Direct-conversion receiver CMOS analog circuits characterization Circuits integrats business integrated circuits |
| Zdroj: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname Measurement Science and Technology Measurement Science and Technology, IOP Publishing, 2010, 21 (7), pp.075104 (10). ⟨10.1088/0957-0233/21/7/075104⟩ UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| ISSN: | 0957-0233 1361-6501 |
| Popis: | International audience; This paper presents two approaches to characterize RF circuits with built-in differential temperature measurements, namely the homodyne and heterodyne methods. Both non-invasive methods are analyzed theoretically and discussed with regard to the respective trade-offs associated with practical off-chip methodologies as well as on-chip measurement scenarios. Strategies are defined to extract the center frequency and 1 dB compression point of a narrow-band LNA operating around 1 GHz. The proposed techniques are experimentally demonstrated using a compact and efficient on-chip temperature sensor for built-in test purposes that has a power consumption of 15 μW and a layout area of 0.005 mm2 in a 0.25 μm CMOS technology. Validating results from off-chip interferometer-based temperature measurements and conventional electrical characterization results are compared with the on-chip measurements, showing the capability of the techniques to estimate the center frequency and 1 dB compression point of the LNA with errors of approximately 6% and 0.5 dB, respectively. |
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