Sub-1V CMOS Large Capacitive-Load Driver Circuit Using Direct Bootstrap Technique for Low-Voltage CMOS VLSI
Journal
Electronics Letters
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
6
Pages
265-266
Date Issued
2002-03
Author(s)
P. C. Chen
Abstract
A novel sub-1 V CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using a direct bootstrap technique for low-voltage CMOS VLSI is reported. For a supply voltage of 1 V, the CMOS large capacitive-load driver circuit using the direct bootstrap technique shows a 3.3 times improvement in switching speed in driving a capacitive load of 2 pF compared to the conventional bootstrapped CMOS driver circuit using an indirect bootstrap technique. Even for a supply voltage of 0.8 V, this CMOS large capacitive load driver circuit using the direct bootstrap technique is still advantageous.
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Other Subjects
Capacitance; Capacitors; Computer simulation; Electric power supplies to apparatus; Leakage currents; Semiconductor junctions; Substrates; VLSI circuits; Waveform analysis; Direct bootstrap technique; Driver circuit; CMOS integrated circuits
Type
journal article