The analog challenge of nanometer CMOS

Abstract

Nanometer CMOS technology offers the required integration density for advanced products such as home theatre equipment and personal communication devices. The system solutions inside these products demand highly integrated systems-on-silicon, blending high-density digital functions with analog interface circuits. These integrated solutions have to cope with high data-rates, and thus require high speed and high dynamic range circuits, without compromising power consumption. Novel choices on circuit and system level are required to handle the increased number of devices subject to high variability, running at higher intrinsic speeds with a constraint power supply