On the basis of mutual compensation of mobility and threshold voltage temperature effects, a stable CMOS band-gap voltage reference circuit was designed and fabricated in CSMC-HJ 0.6 μm CMOS technology. Operating from 0 to 85 ℃ under a supply voltage ranging from 4.5 to 5.5 V, the voltage reference circuit offers an output reference voltage ranging from 1.122 to 1.176 V and a voltage variation less than ±3.70%. The chip size including bonding pads is only 0.4 mm×0.4 mm and the power dissipation falls inside the scope of 28.3 to 48.8 mW operating at a supply voltage of 4.5 to 5.5 V.
A limiting amplifier (LA) IC implemented in TSMC standard 0.25μm CMOS technology is described.Active inductor loads and direct-coupled technology are employed to increase the gain,broaden the bandwidth,reduce the power dissipation,and keep a tolerable noise performance.Under a 3.3V supply voltage,the LA core achieves a gain of 50-dB with a power consumption below 40mW.The measured input sensitivity of the amplifier is better than 5m V _ pp .It can operate at bit rates up to 7Gb/s with an rms jitter of 0.03 UI or less.The chip area is only 0.70mm×0.70mm.According to the measurement results,this IC is expected to work at the standard bit rate levels of 2.5,3.125,and 5Gb/s.
