TOP Design

Overview

The figure TOP floorplan displays the distribution of the designs on the TOP GDS. The chip features 28 pins, with only one (pad 13) remaining unused. All of them, except for the ground pin, are equipped with ESD protection.

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TOP floorplan

The next table show Below is a table listing all the pin names and their corresponding descriptions for the various designs in the chip:

Pin Number

Pin Name

Type

Description

1

Vout_ldo_cl

Analog

LDO Closed-Loop design output

2

Vin_ldo_cl

Power Supply

LDO Closed-Loop design Input voltage

3

Vref_ldo_cl

Analog

LDO Closed-Loop design Voltage ref

4

ibias_ldo_cl

Analog

LDO Closed-Loop design ibias current

5

TGATE1_IN

Analog

Tgate1 input

6

TGATE2_IN

Analog

Tgate2 input

7

TGATE1_EN

Digital

Tgate1 enable

8

Vss

Power Supply

Global Ground

9

TGATE1_OUT

Analog

Tgate1 output

10

TGATE2_OUT

Analog

Tgate2 output

11

TGATE2_EN

Digital

Tgate2 enable

12

TGATE_VDD

Power Supply

Tgate1 and Tgate2 power supply

13

NOT USED

14

vdd_ota

Power Supply

OTA power supply

15

ibias_ota

Analog

OTA bias current

16

in_pos_ota

Analog

OTA positive input

17

out_ota

Analog

OTA output

18

in_neg_ota

Analog

OTA negative input

19

Vgate_pt

Analog

Pass Transistor Gate

20

Vdrain_pt

Analog

Pass Transistor Drain

21

Vss

Power Supply

Global Ground

22

Vsource_ota

Pass Transistor source

23

vdiv_ldo_ol

Analog

LDO Open-Loop voltage divider output

24

pos_ldo_ol

Analog

LDO Open-Loop positive input

25

Vout_ldo_ol

Analog

LDO Open-Loop output voltage

26

ibias_ldo_ol

Analog

LDO Open-Loop bias current

27

vref_ldo_ol

Analog

LDO Open-Loop voltage reference

28

Vin_ldo_ol

Power Supply

LDO Open-Loop power supply