Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...
CRN

IBM-AMD, Intel Describe 65-nm Transistors

Intel is in production with several 65-nm processors now, creating an inventory of commercial microprocessor products that will begin shipping early next year. At the IEDM conference, Intel showed die ...
Electronic Design

Ring-Oscillator Process Monitors for Wafer-Level CMOS Screening

Ring-oscillator process monitors give production test teams a fast on-die frequency measurement for identifying CMOS process ...
EDN

Additional structures in analog layout beyond schematic

A schematic diagram is not a detailed blueprint of an analog circuit; instead, it’s more like architectural sketch of the circuit. Look at any schematic for a CMOS analog IC circuit and you will see ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Manufacturing Bits: Nov. 17

At the upcoming IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Intel is expected to present papers on its efforts to develop gate-all-around transistors. One paper from Intel describes a more ...