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[paper] MOSFET-Based Voltage Reference Circuits

Moisello, Elisabetta, Edoardo Bonizzoni, and Piero Malcovati

MOSFET-Based Voltage Reference Circuits in the Last Decade: A Review

Micromachines 15, no. 12 (2024): 1504

Abstract: Voltage reference circuits are a basic building block in most integrated microsystems, covering a wide spectrum of applications. Hence, they constitute a subject of great interest for the entire microelectronics community. MOSFET-based solutions, in particular, have emerged as the implementation of choice for realizing voltage reference circuits, given the supply voltage scaling and the ever-lower power consumption specifications in various applications. For these reasons, this paper aims to review MOSFET-based voltage reference circuits, illustrating their principles of operation, as well as presenting a detailed overview of the state-of-the-art, in order to paint an accurate picture of the encountered challenges and proposed solutions found in the field in the last decade, thus providing a starting point for future research in the field.

FIG: Schematic of a generic threshold voltage-based MOSFET reference circuit

and graphical representation of a transistor ZTC point.

Russian Forum "Microelectronics 2021

Russian Forum "Microelectronics 2021"

Preliminary Program

September 7-9, Moscow, JSC "ENPO SPELS"

The Scientific Conference Pre-session (based on Section 5)
Moderators: Bobkov S.G. IPPM RAS Nikiforov A.Yu. CEPE NRNU MEPhI

Section 1: Navigational communication VLSI and modules
Moderators: I. L. Korneev JSC NIIMA Progress Steshenko VB JSC "RKS"

Section 2: High performance computing systems
Moderators: Khrenov G.Yu. JSC "Baikal Electronics" Bychkov I.N. JSC "MCST"

Section 3: Information control and radio engineering systems
Moderators: Pereverzev A.L. NRU MIET Yakunin A.N. NRU MIET P.M. Eremeev JSC "Research Institute" Submicron "

Section 4: Technologies and components of micro- and nanoelectronics
Moderators: Shelepin N.A. JSC "NIIME" Putrya M.G. NRU MIET Egorov A.Yu. LLC "Connector Optics"

Section 5: Micro- and optoelectronic products for general and special purposes
Moderators: Bobkov S.G. IPPM RAS Nikiforov A.Yu. CEPE NRNU MEPhI

Section 6: Design and simulation systems for electronic components and systems
Moderators: Rusakov S.G. Corresponding member of RAS Zavalin Yu.V. JSC "NIIMA" Progress "

Section 7: Microwave integrated circuits and modules
Moderators: Minnebaev V.M. JSC "NPP" Pulsar " P.V. Panasenko JSC "NIIME" Mukhin I.I. JSC "NIIMA" Progress "

Section 8: Microsystems. Sensors and Actuators
Moderators: Timoshenkov S.P. NRU MIET Dyuzhev N.A. STC NMST

Section 9: Special technological equipment
Moderators: Biryukov M.G. JSC NIITM Alekseev A.N. CJSC "NTO"

Section 10: Neuromorphic computing. Artificial intelligence
Moderators: Kryzhanovsky B.V. FGU FSC NIISI RAS Tel'minov O.A. JSC "NIIME" Gornev E.S. JSC "NIIME"

Section 11: Quantum Technologies - Quantum Sensors
Moderators: Gorbatsevich A.A. FIAN, NRU MIET Bogdanov Yu.I. FTIAN, NRU MIET S.P. Kulik Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov

ToM 2021

Topics on Microelectronics

ToM 2021

Each event typically consists of five long talks/lectures on different topics (of three hours each, a sufficient time to give both overview and advanced details about the topic), given by academic professors or qualified experts coming from companies or research centers. In this way the academic and industrial approaches for research and state-of-the art progress are presented.In the last years, an increasing number of microelectronic companies are establishing design centers in the Milan area (Allegro Microsystems, AMS, Bosch, Catena, Inphi, Huawei, Infineon Technologies, Maxim Integrated, Micron, SK-Hynix, TDK-Invensense, Photeon Technologies, Silicon Mitus, STMicroelectronics, etc….). In this scenario, an advanced educational activity is a key point for success. The ToM events are addressing researchers, designers from companies, and students (Master and Ph. D.), who want to improve their knowledge in the microelectronic field.

Different topics are addressed in each event. This is intentionally done in order to cover as much as possible the wide spectrum of challenges in the present microelectronic world.

The courses are organized together with the Italian Chapter of the IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society and the University of Milano-Bicocca.

ToM2021/1 and ToM2021/2 courses will be held online on May, 25^th-27^th, 2021 and September, 21^st-23^rd, 2021, respectively. Registration is mandatory to attend the courses. Registered participants will receive:

• on-line attendance to all lectures
• pdf material for all lectures
• certificate of participation
• final exam with certificate (if needed)

Organizing Committee

Scientific Director: Prof. Andrea Baschirotto (andrea.baschirotto@unimib.it)
Scientific Co-Director: Prof. Piero Malcovati (piero.malcovati@unipv.it)

Registration

Registration to the ToM Courses has to be performed using the general online registration form.
Payment can be performed via Credit Card or Paypal directly through the online system.
The registration includes the membership to InnoTechEvents for year 2021.

University of Milano-Bicocca people have to use the dedicated UniMIB online registration form.

Program

ToM2021/1 – May 25-27, 2021
Online, Lectures in English

25 May 2021

14:00 – 17:30 Pietro Andreani (Lund University, Sweden), “Integrated harmonic oscillators”

26 May 2021

09:00 – 12:30 Dante Muratore (TU Delft, The Netherlands), “Circuit challenges in implantable brain-machine interfaces”

14:00 – 17:30 Bernhard Wicht (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), “Analog building blocks of DC-DC converters”

27 May 2021

09.00 – 12:30 Tristan Meunier (CNRS, France), “Quantum computing with CMOS technology”

14:00 – 17:30 Gabriele Manganaro (Mediatek, USA), “High-speed digital-to-analog converters”

ToM2021/2 – September 21-23, 2021
Online, Lectures in English

21 September 2021

14:00 – 17:30 Jussi Jansson (Oulu University, Finland) - “Time-to-digital converters and related applications”

22 September 2021

09:00 – 12:30 Luca Scandola (Infineon Technologies, Italy), “Introduction to DC-DC conversion suitable for automotive application: from the theory to the modelization with practical examples”

14:00 – 17:30 Benoit Bakeroot (Ghent University, Belgium), “GaN semiconductor devices for power electronics: overview, status and future perspectives”

23 September 2021

09.00 – 12:30 Qiang Li (UETSC, China), “Subthreshold and near-threshold ADC techniques”

14:00 – 17:30 Andrea Mazzanti (University of Pavia, Italy) and Enrico Monaco (Inphi, Italy), “Introduction and advances in serial links”