Abstract
This work presents an energy-efficient diode-based CMOS temperature sensor. It is based on the capacitively biased diode (CBD) working principle and can operate with a 1-V supply voltage. Instead of using a separate CBD front-end and ADC, a new architecture is proposed in which the CBD front-end is directly embedded into the 1st stage of a 1-bit 2nd-order switched-capacitor ΣΔ-ADC, thereby improving both energy efficiency and accuracy. The circuit was fabricated in a standard 55-nm CMOS process and occupies an active area of 0.021 mm2. The measured inaccuracy is ±0.6 °C (3σ) from -55 °C to 125 °C after a 1-point calibration. Furthermore, it consumes 2.2 μW and achieves a resolution of 15 mK in a conversion time of 6.4 ms, which corresponds to a competitive resolution FoM of 3.2 pJ·K2
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 210-213 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters |
Volume | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Capacitively biased
- CMOS temperature sensor
- Diode
- Energy efficient