A Study of Flicker Noise in MOS Transistor Under Switched Bias Condition

Abstract

This manuscript examines in detail the mechanisms and behavior of flicker noise in switched biased MOS transistors. Firstly, the PSD of a DC biased transistor is deduced using only Shockley-Read-Hall (SRH) statistics and the autocorrelation formalism. Then the analysis is extended, by means of simulations and using simple physical hypotheses, to a switched bias condition. The results allow explaining several reported experimental data. Particularly, the 1/f form of flicker noise at very low frequencies is observed in simulations.