Do anyone here has experience with nMOS well isolation? I was talking to a colleague of mine the other day and they asked about whether or not I intended to use deep Nwell isolation in my circuits, and I didn't know what to answer.
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Simon Waid
06/20/2022, 7:43 PM
I unsed nMOS well isolation for a difference amplifier, so the bulk and source could follow the gate and the operating point would not shift with the common mode voltage.
Simon Waid
06/20/2022, 7:45 PM
e.g. if you design an opamp it's useful for the input stage if you want to use nmos input transistors. One might argue of course for using PMOS here.
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Eric
06/21/2022, 2:14 AM
I have used it to create isolation between circuits. It allows you to separate ground connections (say between a low-jitter clock gen circuit and a bank of comparators with signal dependent switching) without having a conductive short through the substrate. The effectiveness at high frequencies is limited by your ability to create low-impedance ground connections off chip for the two circuits. At very high frequencies, you'll have capacitve coupling between the two grounds through the DNW/SUB diode capacitances. Feel free to message me if you want to discuss further.
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Harald Pretl
06/21/2022, 9:24 AM
Yes, I have been using triple-well many times to isolate the NMOS from the substrate.
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Jorge Marin
07/04/2022, 6:07 PM
Hello, I have a question regarding this: Is it possible to use isolated devices for the 10.5v flavor? How can i check this?
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Harald Pretl
07/04/2022, 7:40 PM
Principally any NMOS can be put into the pwell that sits in the nwell in the p-substrate. The question is whether the PDK supports this for all devices. Take a look at the devices in question in the layout and compare layers, and check if there either is a model available or you can hack one (by adding the extra diodes by hand).
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