In reaction to this article: GMO Internet to Enter Bitcoin Mining Business with 7nm BitCoin Hashing Chip The press release claims that GMO Internet will field a 7nm based miner chip in 2017. I consulted with one of my friends who is an IC design engineer. He steered me to Read more…
Note the 500M Ohm resistor is only to test the current reference.  It would be replaced by your application circuit. Research Links A 2-nW 1.1-V Self-Biased Current Reference in CMOS Technology CMOS Current Reference for UltraLow Energy Consumption  Archive:  Current-Source.7z   Program = LTSPICE Extract into directory.  Includes the required Read more…
Getting Monte Carlo analysis to work on Cadence can be a bit of a puzzle given how Cadence is a ball of various software tools stuck together with spit. You have have seen the following intermodal nastygram: Research Links ReadMeMonteCarlo.txt SPICEModelsAndSimulations_13.pdf
Jacob Baker maintains CMOSedu.com. There is a large amount of useful material there. Research Links CMOS Circuit Design, Layout, and Simulation, Third Edition – there are files on that page for use with LTSPICE , Cadence etc Setting up ELECTRIC to work with LTSPICE VLSI and ASIC Technology Standard Cell Read more…
Links Design of an Folded Cascode Operational Amplifier in High Voltage CMOS Technology More SPICE Examples Dr. Lynn Fuller Archive: OTA-Folded-Cascode.7z
Analog Devices Wiki Research Links AnalogDevicesWiki: Voltage Level Shifters Google: Inverter Level Shifter A slightly different implementation:
XFAB Links FeatureXplorer Summary Sheet: 0.18 μm Process Family: XH018 0.18 Micron Mixed-Signal HV CMOS Technology 0.18 μm Process Family: XH018 0.18 Micron Modular Analog Mixed HV Technology Ambient Light Sensing Made Easy with X-FAB – has photo diode side profiles XHB06 Photo Diode Evaluation Chips – See image below for Read more…