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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Silicon-on-Sapphire Fabrication Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Why SOI? | |
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| The SOS Fabrication Process | |
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| Advantages of SOS | |
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| Disadvantages of SOS | |
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| SOS Wafer Manufacturing | |
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| Peregrine SOS Process Features | |
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| Local Isolation | |
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| Fully Depleted Devices | |
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| MOS Devices in the Peregrine SOS Process | |
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| SOS MOS Characteristics for Analog Design | |
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| Transistor Transconductance Parameter | |
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| Modeling the Subthreshold Region | |
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| Leakage Data | |
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| Above-threshold Statistical Characteristics | |
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| Subthreshold Statistical Characteristics | |
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| Comparison Between Data and Simulation of SOS Mosfets | |
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| Summary | |
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| SOS Mosfet Modeling | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Model of the SOS Mosfet in Strong Inversion | |
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| Strong Inversion Model | |
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| Strong Inversion Model Results and Discussion | |
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| Hot Electron Effects in SOS Mosfets | |
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| Standard Hot-Electron Effects Models | |
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| Hot Carrier Generated Kink Effect Modeling of SOS Devices | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| EKV Model and Parameter Extraction | |
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| The EKV Model | |
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| EKV Model Results and Discussion | |
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| Models of SOS Four Terminal Mosfets Operated as Bipolar Transistors | |
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| Modeling Bipolar Devices in SOS | |
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| A Chance for Bicmos SOS? | |
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| SOS Flash Memory Devices | |
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| SOS Flash Memory Design | |
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| SOS Flash Memories Experimental Results | |
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| SOS Flash Memories Performance Evaluation and Model | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Data Collection Methods | |
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| Design of SOS Single-Stage Amplifiers and Analog Components | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Analog Characteristics of SOS Mosfets | |
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| SOS Current Mirrors | |
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| SOS Supply-Independent Current Reference | |
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| SOS Single-Stage Amplifiers | |
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| SOS Common-Source Amplifiers | |
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| SOS Common-Source Amplifiers with Diode-Connected Mosfet Loads | |
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| SOS Common-Source Amplifiers with Current-Source Load | |
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| SOS Cascoded Common-Source Amplifiers | |
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| SOS Source-Follower Amplifiers | |
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| SOS Differential Amplifiers | |
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| Design of SOS Operational Amplifiers, Comparators, and Voltage References | |
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| Operational Amplifiers in SOS | |
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| Comparator Circuits in SOS | |
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| SOS High-Performance Comparators | |
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| SOS Low-power Comparator | |
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| SOS Bandgap References | |
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| Digital Circuit Design in SOS | |
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| Introduction | |
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| SOS Inverter Characteristics | |
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| Design of SOS Data Converters | |
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| Introduction | |
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| SOS DACs | |
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| SOS Capacitive DAC Converters | |
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| SOS Capacitive DAC Accuracy | |
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| The Split-Array Capacitive DAC | |
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| The C-2C Ladder Capacitive DAC | |
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| Layout of SOS Capacitive DACs | |
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| SOS Resistive DACs | |
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| SOS DACs | |
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| SOS Successive Approximation Analog-to-Digital Converters | |
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| 0peration of a SAR | |
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| Capacitive Ladder and Charge Scaling | |
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| SAR ADC Design in SOS and Optimization | |
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| Design of Capacitor Array in SOS | |
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| Input Switches, Logic, and SAR: SOS Design | |
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| Comparator | |
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| A High-Performance 8-Bit SAR ADC | |
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| A High-Precision 10-Bit SOS SAR ADC | |
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| A Low-Power 8-bit SOS SAR ADC | |
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| A C-2C Ladder Ultralow Power SOS SAR ADC | |
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| SOS SAR ADC Summary | |
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| SOS Asynchronous �� Analog to Digital Converters | |
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| Result in SOS Technology | |
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| Summary | |
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| Photosensitive Circuits | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Advantages of SOS Photodetectors and Image Sensors | |
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| Photodetector Design: General Theory | |
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| Quantum Efficiency | |
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| Photodiode Photocurrent Models | |
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| Photodiode Design in a Bulk CMOS Process | |
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| Generation Rate, Diffusion Coefficients, and Electron Mobility | |
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| Characterization of the Depletion Region | |
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| Quartum Efficiency and Responsivity | |
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| SOS Photodetectors | |
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| SOS PN Photodiodes | |
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| Measured Characteristics of an SOS PN Photodiode | |
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| SOS Phototransistors | |
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| SOS Phototransistor Measured Characteristics | |
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| SOS PIN Photodiodes | |
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| SOS PIN Photodiode Model | |
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| Measured Characteristics of an SOS PIN Photodiode | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| SOS Address-Event Image Sensor | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Photosensitive Circuits | |
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| Active Pixels | |
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| Photodiodes and Active Pixel Operation | |
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| Active Pixel Sensors | |
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| Noise Sources in Phototransducing Circuits | |
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| Temporal Noise | |
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| Pixel and Photodiode Design and Noise Optimization | |
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| Design of an SOS APS | |
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| SOS APS System Overview | |
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| SOS APS Testing and Characterization | |
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| SOS APS Array with Phototransistor Detector | |
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| Ultraviolet Testing | |
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| Design of an SOS Digital Image Sensor Array | |
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| Digital Pixel Design | |
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| Photodiode Design and Characterization | |
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| System Architecture | |
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| SOS Digital Image Sensor Testing and Characterization | |
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| Summary | |
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| SOS Biosensor Interfaces | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Noise and Sensing Limits | |
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| Low-Voltage Measurements Limits | |
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| Low-Current Measurements Limits | |
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| Voltage-Mode Biosensor Interfaces and Noise Performance | |
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| Current-Mode Biosensor Interfaces and Noise Performance | |
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| Resistive Feedback Current-Measuring Headstage | |
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| Linear Integrator Current-Measuring Headstage | |
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| Follower Integrator Current-Measuring Headstage | |
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| Current Conveyor Current-Measuring Headstage | |
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| Measurement Setup | |
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| SOS Current-Mode Biosensor Interfaces | |
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| Integrating Current-Measuring Interfaces | |
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| System Components | |
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| Input-Referred Noise Analysis | |
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| Results | |
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| Experiments | |
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| SOS Continuous-Time Current-Mode Biosensor Interfaces | |
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| Continuous-Time Current-Measuring System Overview | |
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| Noise in the Continuous-Time Current-Measuring System | |
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| Hardware Test Bed | |
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| Experimental Results | |
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| SOS Voltage-Mode Biosensor Interfaces | |
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| SOS Design of Isolation and Three-Dimensional Circuits | |
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| Intoduction | |
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| IsoIation Circuits in SOS | |
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| Monolithic Isolation Techniques | |
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| Capacitively Isolated Circuits in SOS | |
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| SOS Capacitive Isolator with Differential Transmission | |
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| SOS Isolation Charge Pump | |
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| SOS Differential Capacitive Isolator Measurements and Results | |
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| Application of the SOS Isolator: Isolated Power Supply Feedback | |
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| Digital Phase-Shift-Modulated Isolation Buffer in SOS | |
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| Digital Phase-Shift-Modulated Isolation Buffer System Overview | |
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| Digital Phase-Shift-Modulated Isolation Buffer Results and Measurements | |
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| Inductively Coupled Isolated Circuits | |
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| Transmitter Circuit: LC-Tank Oscillator | |
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| LC-tank Oscillator Model | |
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| Effective Resistance and Minimum Transconductance | |
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| Transformer Design | |
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| Active Devices and Transconductance | |
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| Receiver Circuit | |
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| Electromagnetic Isolator: Conclusions | |
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| Three-Dimensional Circuits in SOS | |
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| Three-Dimensional Interdie Capacitive Data Communication and Power Transfer | |
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| Three-Dimensional System Overview | |
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| Three-Dimensional Circuits Results and Measurements | |
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| Three-Dimensional Integrated Sensors in SOS | |
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| Three-Dimensional Integrated Sensor Components | |
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| Three-Dimensional Integrated Sensors Results and Measurements | |
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| Summary and Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |