Diseño y Test de Circuitos Integrados de Señal Mixt a y de Radio Frecuencia

Research Group

25th October, 2017

Antonio Gines (gines@us.es)

IMSE-CNM(U. Sevilla, CSIC)

� Overview of the Group

� Research topics

� Members

� Projects

� National / European Projects

� Industrial Collaboration

Contents

� Industrial Collaboration

� Research Lines

� Design of Analog, Mixed Signal, and RF (AMS-RF) circuits

� Test and Design for Test (AMS-RF)

� Circuits for Biomedical Applications

� New Concepts and New Devices for Digital Circuits

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Overview of the Group

Contents

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� Research Topics:

� Electronics

� Electronic Technology

� Physics Science and Technology

� Members:

The Group

Diseño y Test de Circuitos Integrados de Señal Mixta y de Radio Frecuencia

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� Members:

• Joaquín Ceballos , Titulado superior del CSIC

• Cristina Aledo González , Becaria FPI

• Héctor Quintero , Doctorando

• Bernabé Linares , Prof. Investigación del CSIC

• Teresa Serran o, Investigadora del CSIC

• Luis Camuñas , Contratado Juan dela Cierva

• Adoración Rueda Rueda , Catedrática de Universidad

• José Mª Quintana Toledo , Catedrático de Universidad

• Mª José Avedillo de Juan , Catadrática de Universidad

• Alberto Yúfera García , Catedrático de Universidad

• Diego Vázquez García de la Vega , Profesor Titular de Universidad

• Eduardo Peralías Macías , Científico Titular CSIC

• Gloria Huertas Sánchez , Profesora Titular de Universidad

• Gildas Leger , Científico Titular CSIC

• Antonio Ginés Arteaga , Profesor Ayudante Doctor

• Juan Nuñez Martínez , Investigador Contratado

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� Research Areas:

The Group

Digital

TIC-178

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Neuromorphic Systems

AMS-RF Circuits

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� Design of Analog, Mixed Signal, and RF (AMS-RF) cir cuits

� Test and Design for Test (AMS-RF)

� Circuits for BiomedicalApplications

Research Lines

Ph. D. Thesis

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Applications

� New Concepts and NewDevices for Digital Circuits

AMS

design

35%

RF

design

17%

Test

30%

Digital

18%

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Projects

Plan Nacional:

DANTE: Adapting Mixed-signal and RF ICs Design and Test to

Process and Evironment Variability

(1/2012 12/2014)

Arquitecturas y Circuitos con RTDs para aplicaciones lógicas y no lineales

(1/2011 12/2013)

Junta de Andalucía:

Self-calibration & Self-Test in Analog, Mixed-Signal and RF Ics

(3/2010 2/2014)

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(3/2010 2/2014)

Europeos:

16bit ADC for Space Application ESA Project

(11/2013 )

SR2 :Short Range Radio

(1/2008 12/2011) Catrene / Avanza+

Design of High-Frequency ADC and DAC

(10/2010 10/2013) ESA / sub-contract

WITNESS: Wireless technologies for small area network with embedded security

(2006 2008) Medea +/ PROFIT

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Design of Analog, Mixed Signal, and RF (AMS -RF) circuits

Research Lines

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and RF (AMS -RF) circuits

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Rad-Hard 15-ENOB 5MspsSOI Sigma-Delta ADC for NASA

Rad-Hard 1.8V 15-bit 100MspsPipeline ADC with Digital Calibration& Current Steering DAC in 0.18µm CMOS for ESA

� Communication & Aerospace Applications

Data Converters: ADCs & DACs

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� ESA ITT Project: 16-bit 20Msps ADC

� Beyond the Frontier Project (13-ENOB 100Msps)

� 2Vpp

� 10MHz Input Bandwidth

� Center Frequency up to 95MHz

Design Example: Pipeline ADC

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� ESA ITT Project: 16-bit 20Msps ADC

� Beyond the Frontier Project (13-ENOB 100Msps)

� 2Vpp

� 10MHz Input Bandwidth

� Center Frequency up to 95MHz

Design Example: Pipeline ADC

Curiosidad : en este diseño ha trabajado durante un año un compañero recién graduado.

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90nm 1.2V CMOS Technology

RECEIVER

� 2.4GHz ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 Front-End Transceiver

Design of AMS-RF Circuits ( RF Designs)

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PLLTRANSMITTER

Two technologies have been explored:

ST-90nm & TSMC 90nm

Six different sub-system chips have been

exercised

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Test and Design-for-Test (AMS-RF)

Research Lines

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Specification & design

Design validation

Prototype characterization

x1

x10

Design bugs

Fab defects

Environment

Test and Design for Test

� IC Test

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characterization

Production test

System test

In-field test Maintenance

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x100 to x1000

x10000

EnvironmentAging

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� Using low-cost stimuli: double histogram

Characterization

Smooth non-linear sourcePrecise offset adder

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The derivative of the two shifted curves are equal

The ADC non-linearity can be infered from the histogram differences

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Functional Test: BIST

Sine Generator: Harmonic cancellation relaxed design

250x160 µm

UMC 180nm CMOS

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Alternate Test

Functional

test

Simple

IC with DfT

Full population

Training set Bench equipment

Statistical model

Specifications

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Simple

testsLow-cost tester (digital?)

Workstation

Machine Learning: Feature space development

• Multicondition test : RF LNA Generalization

• Feature selection: Distance correlation wrapper approach

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Circuits for Biomedical Applications

Research Lines

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Applications

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Aplications- Cell Culture Growthing- Cancer detection- Food analysis- Glucose Analysis- Toxicity and drug test

Obtained ImageCell Culture

� Integrated Circuits for Measurement of BioMarkers (impedance, pH, etc) useful for samples and processes monitoring.

Biomedical Applications

- Toxicity and drug test- Cell Biology- Microscopy- Cryo-preservatión

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Sensing Microsystem

Impedance SensorClosed-loop

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Fig. 1: Proposed circuit blocks for bio-impedance sensing: (a) Oscillation Based Test (OBT) proposed technique:impedance magnitude is obtained from oscilacion frequency parameters . (b) Closed -loop approach : magnitude

Biomedical Applications

� Portable lab-on chip

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impedance magnitude is obtained from oscilacion frequency parameters . (b) Closed -loop approach : magnitudeand phase are obtained from signals V m and V φ respectively.

Fig. 2: (a) Cell growth and toxicity curves for sev eral dosis obtained by our group. It is represented the resistance measure with commercial sensors versus t ime. (b) Commercial sensors. (c) Photograph of a cell culture over a 250 um diameter microelectrod e.

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New Concepts and NewDevices for Digital Circuits

Research Lines

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Devices for Digital Circuits

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� Threshold logic

� Non boolean and more complex building blocks

� Smaller number of gates, area and power reductions…

� Resonant Tunel Diodes (RTDs)

� Negative Differential Resistance (NDR)

New Concepts and New Devices for Digital Circuits

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� Negative Differential Resistance (NDR) which can be exploited in circuit and architectural design

� Higher circuit speed, reduced component count, and/or lowered power consumption

� Gate-Level pipeline (nanopipeline) for Logic computation

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IRTD

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� Link MOBILE- MTTG (and generalized TGs)

RTDs. Building Blocks

• Electrical analysis• Logic analysis• Exploration of topologies• Design Methodologies• Experimental validation

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� Facultad de Física

� DIRECCIÓN : Avda. Reina Mercedes s/n

� TELÉFONO: 954-45-58-828

� E-MAIL: adoracion@us.es

� DEPARTAMENTO:

Electrónica y Electromagnetismo

� IMSE-CNM

Contact

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� IMSE-CNM

� DIRECCIÓN : Avda. Americo

Vespucio s/n (Isla de La Cartuja)

� TELÉFONO: 954-466666

� E-MAIL: adoracion@us.es

Thank you !!!

Questions??

25th October, 2017

Antonio Gines (gines@us.es)