EP1247336A1 - Schaltungsanordnung und ein verfahren zur reduktion des 1/f-rauschens von mosfets - Google Patents
Schaltungsanordnung und ein verfahren zur reduktion des 1/f-rauschens von mosfetsInfo
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- EP1247336A1 EP1247336A1 EP00991204A EP00991204A EP1247336A1 EP 1247336 A1 EP1247336 A1 EP 1247336A1 EP 00991204 A EP00991204 A EP 00991204A EP 00991204 A EP00991204 A EP 00991204A EP 1247336 A1 EP1247336 A1 EP 1247336A1
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- mosfets
- noise
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
- H03K3/01—Details
- H03K3/013—Modifications of generator to prevent operation by noise or interference
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
- H03F—AMPLIFIERS
- H03F1/00—Details of amplifiers with only discharge tubes, only semiconductor devices or only unspecified devices as amplifying elements
- H03F1/26—Modifications of amplifiers to reduce influence of noise generated by amplifying elements
Definitions
- the invention relates to a circuit arrangement and a method for reducing the 1 / f noise of MOSFETs in an electronic circuit, in particular in an integrated circuit, according to the preamble of claim 1 and the preamble of claim 5.
- the 1 / f noise dominating at low frequencies prevents the processing and transmission of small signal amplitudes in this frequency range.
- the NF noise is regarded as a fixed limit.
- This fixed limit can be slightly influenced by skillful selection of the operating points of the circuit and optimization of the technology used.
- Such a method or a suitably chosen circuit arrangement does not eliminate or reduce the noise of the noise source, that is, it does not combat the cause of the noise.
- the influence is very limited.
- the possibilities for improvement are largely exhausted in these processes. It is therefore more promising to deal with the causes of low-frequency noise (LF noise).
- noise also occurs with a power density spectrum which is inversely proportional to the frequency f.
- This noise is referred to as 1 / f noise (flicker noise, flicker noise).
- the 1 / f noise cannot be explained easily because it has different causes.
- the currently most widely accepted theory for the physical cause of 1 / f noise from devices is that the 1 / f noise in these devices is determined by the random loading and unloading of impurity conditions in these devices.
- MOSFET metal oxide semicon- ductor field effect transistor
- the main contributors to noise here are those whose energy levels are in the bandgap of the oxide, but close to the quasi-mini level of the charge carriers that contribute to the current flow. Impurities that are energetically far away from this energy level in the bandgap of the oxide are either fully charged or discharged and therefore do not contribute to the noise.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of designing the known methods for 1 / f reduction in such a way that they no longer have the disadvantages indicated above.
- the or the transistors should no longer be switched between an operating state and an idle state, but rather the transistors or transistors of a circuit should enable continuous operation.
- This object is achieved according to the invention by a circuit arrangement or a method for reducing the 1 / f noise of MOSFETs in an electronic circuit with the features of claim 1 and claim 5.
- the method for reducing the 1 / f noise of MOSFETs in an electronic circuit assumes that constant or fixed operating points of the MOSFETs in such a circuit with the aid of direct current and / or direct voltage sources can be set.
- Such electronic circuits in particular integrated circuits, are known to have - as already explained above - a high low-frequency noise signal, which is mainly due to the 1 / f noise.
- the main idea of the invention is that the respective operating points are periodically changed around the constant operating points specified by the DC voltage and / or DC sources in such a way that impurity conditions in the oxide, which occur under the condition of a constant, fixed predetermined operating point are so often statistically reloaded that the 1 / f noise signal they cause dominates the low-frequency noise signal, no longer statistically, but reloaded with the oscillation frequency of the periodically changed operating points.
- the constant current and / or constant voltage sources which specify the constant fixed operating points are additionally assigned to oscillating alternating current and / or alternating voltage sources.
- the periodic reloading of the fault conditions ensures that there is no statistical, but rather a defined loading and unloading.
- a defined transfer of such states means a reduction in the low-frequency noise amplitude.
- the source (s) must advantageously meet the following conditions:
- the modulation frequency should be outside the useful band (except in exceptional cases, see embodiment 3 presented below),
- the amplitude of the modulated source must be set such that the voltage swing that shifts the quasifermi level is greater than the equivalent of some thermal stresses (kT / e).
- the ar- range between weak inversion (or impoverishment) and strong inversion In the case of a MOSFET, the ar- range between weak inversion (or impoverishment) and strong inversion.
- a modulation frequency which lies outside the useful band used, ensures that the useful signals to be processed and the interference signals resulting from the oscillation of the operating point can be separated from each other again. Any non-linearities that may occur due to the fluctuating operating points can be compensated for by external feedback. If the modulation frequency is sufficiently high compared to the frequency band in which the circuit operates, the fluctuations in the output signals generated by the modulation are evident.
- Fig. 2 shows a simple differential stage with a circuit according to the invention
- Fig. 3 shows a simple MOS operational amplifier with a circuit according to the invention.
- Fig. 1 shows a first example for the application of the 1 / f noise reduction principle.
- the figure shows a circuit arrangement according to the invention with a simple amplifier stage.
- the simple amplifier stage consists of an n-channel depletion type Ti.
- the source electrode is included
- the drain electrode of the transistor T x is connected to the supply voltage via a load resistor R L. At the same time, the drain electrode is connected to a low-pass filter 1. A voltage source with the internal resistance Ri is connected to the gate electrode. The operating point of the transistor T x is set with the aid of the voltage source.
- a DC voltage component v 0 is therefore usually applied to the voltage source.
- an AC voltage component is superimposed on this DC voltage component v 0 .
- a sinusoidal AC voltage is applied with an AC voltage amplitude i and a modulation angular frequency ⁇ . The operating point is thus determined by the modulation voltage
- An input voltage V in to be amplified is fed to the gate electrode via the input capacitance Ci n and is present at the output of the low pass 1 as the output voltage V out .
- the modulation frequency ⁇ is large compared to the maximum signal frequency.
- the cut-off frequency of the low pass is ideally between the maximum signal frequency and the modulation frequency ⁇ . This ensures on the one hand that the modulation frequency is sufficiently high compared to the frequency band in which the circuit operates, so that the fluctuations in the output signals generated by the modulation are averaged out, on the other hand the interference signals generated by the high-frequency modulation of the operating point are filtered out efficiently with the aid of the low-pass filter 1.
- Fig. 2 shows the application of the l / f noise reduction principle with a simple differential level.
- the differential stage consists of two n-channel depletion type T 2 and T 3 MOSFETs, in which the respective source electrodes are connected at the node AI.
- the node AI is connected to ground via a current source.
- the drain electrodes are each connected to the supply voltage via a load resistor R L ⁇ or R 2 .
- the operating point of the differential amplifier is set by the current source.
- the modulation of the operating point is again achieved in that the current i m ⁇ d of the current source is composed of a direct current component i 0 and a sinusoidal alternating current component with the amplitude ⁇ ⁇ and the modulation angular frequency ⁇ :
- the differential amplifier stage is operated such that a voltage is applied between the gate electrodes of the transistors T 2 and T 3 .
- Electrode voltages characterized by Vi n + and V ⁇ n _, with Vi n Vi ⁇ + - V in .
- FIG. 3 shows that the operational amplifier consists of seven transistors T 4 to T ⁇ 0 .
- the Transistors T 4 to T 6 are depletion-type p-channel MOSFETs in the example, and transistors T 7 to T ⁇ o are depletion-type n-channel MOSFETs.
- the source electrode of transistor T : 0 is grounded.
- the drain electrode of transistor T ⁇ 0 is connected to the source electrode of transistor T 6 .
- the drain electrode of transistor T 6 is connected to the supply voltage.
- the source electrode of transistor T 9 is grounded.
- the drain electrode of transistor T 9 is connected to the source electrodes of transistors T 7 and T 8 .
- the drain electrode of transistor T 7 is connected to the source electrode of transistor T 4 and the gate electrodes of transistors T 4 and T 5 .
- the drain electrode of transistor T 8 is connected to the source electrode of transistor T 5 and the gate electrode of transistor T b .
- the drains of the transistors and T 5 are connected to the supply voltage.
- the gate electrodes of the transistors T 7 and T 8 form the inverting input V ⁇ n + and the non-inverting input V jn _.
- the output V out of the operational amplifier is formed by the drain electrode of the transistor Tic and the source electrode of the transistor T b .
- the operating point of the operational amplifier is set by a voltage source connected to the gate electrodes of transistors T 9 and T ⁇ 0 .
- the voltage v mod for setting the operating point in turn consists of a direct component v 0 and a sinusoidal alternating component with the amplitude V ! and the modulation frequency ⁇ .
- the input and output branch has the appropriate dimensions and operating point setting these transistors in a first approximation have no influence on the output signal V out .
- the condition b) mentioned in the introduction to the description applies, according to which the modulation frequency should lie outside the useful band of the input signal. Any light linearities that may occur due to the fluctuating operating points can be compensated for by external feedback.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DE10001124A DE10001124C1 (de) | 2000-01-13 | 2000-01-13 | Schaltungsanordnung und ein Verfahren zur Reduktion des 1/f-Rauschens von MOSFETs |
| DE10001124 | 2000-01-13 | ||
| PCT/EP2000/012846 WO2001052407A1 (de) | 2000-01-13 | 2000-12-16 | Schaltungsanordnung und ein verfahren zur reduktion des 1/f-rauschens von mosfets |
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| US (1) | US7012468B2 (de) |
| EP (1) | EP1247336A1 (de) |
| JP (1) | JP3806036B2 (de) |
| KR (1) | KR100442927B1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE10001124C1 (de) |
| TW (1) | TW494562B (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2001052407A1 (de) |
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