Modified LC-tank ESD protection design for 60-GHz RF applications

Chun Yu Lin; Li Wei Chu; Shiang Yu Tsai; Ming Dou Ker; Tse Hua Lu; Tsun Lai Hsu; Ping Fang Hung; Ming Hsiang Song; Jen Chou Tseng; Tzu Heng Chang; Ming Hsien Tsai

doi:10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043589

Modified LC-tank ESD protection design for 60-GHz RF applications

Chun Yu Lin^*
, Li Wei Chu
, Shiang Yu Tsai
, Ming Dou Ker
, Tse Hua Lu
, Tsun Lai Hsu
, Ping Fang Hung
, Ming Hsiang Song
, Jen Chou Tseng
, Tzu Heng Chang
, Ming Hsien Tsai

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nanoscale CMOS technologies, which were sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD), have been widely used to implement radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits. Against ESD damages, ESD protection design must be included in RF circuits. A novel modified LC-tank ESD protection design was presented in this work. Such ESD protection circuit had been designed for 60-GHz RF applications and verified in a 65-nm CMOS process. The modified LC-tank can lower the power loss and reduce the layout area under the required human-body-model (HBM) ESD robustness, as compared with the traditional designs. With the better performances, the modified LC-tank ESD protection design was very suitable for RF ESD protection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011
Pages	57-60
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043589
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011 - Linkoping, Sweden Duration: 2011 Aug 29 → 2011 Aug 31

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Name	2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011

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Other	2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Linkoping
Period	2011/08/29 → 2011/08/31

Keywords

Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
LC-tank
radio frequency (RF)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Lin, C. Y., Chu, L. W., Tsai, S. Y., Ker, M. D., Lu, T. H., Hsu, T. L., Hung, P. F., Song, M. H., Tseng, J. C., Chang, T. H., & Tsai, M. H. (2011). Modified LC-tank ESD protection design for 60-GHz RF applications. In 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011 (pp. 57-60). Article 6043589 (2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043589

Modified LC-tank ESD protection design for 60-GHz RF applications. / Lin, Chun Yu; Chu, Li Wei; Tsai, Shiang Yu et al.
2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011. 2011. p. 57-60 6043589 (2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lin, CY, Chu, LW, Tsai, SY, Ker, MD, Lu, TH, Hsu, TL, Hung, PF, Song, MH, Tseng, JC, Chang, TH & Tsai, MH 2011, Modified LC-tank ESD protection design for 60-GHz RF applications. in 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011., 6043589, 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011, pp. 57-60, 2011 20th European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, ECCTD 2011, Linkoping, Sweden, 2011/08/29. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCTD.2011.6043589

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