Abstract
This paper presents a subthreshold frequency reference-less temperature sensor. Compared with the previous designs that rely on external frequency references or excessive analog blocks, this work proposes a novel subthreshold ratioed-current/delay sensor core and hybrid-domain all-digital processing technique, which eliminates the dependence on frequency reference and is scalable to technology feature size. Our sensor has been fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process and occupies a total area of 0.022mm2. Measurement results from 8 test chips have shown that the maximum inaccuracy is -1.6oC/+1oC across 0oC to 100oC with power consumption of 280-nW at 0.4V.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | 2014 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC - Proceedings of Technical Papers |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 301-304 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479940905 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 13 2015 |
Event | 2014 10th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014 - Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: Nov 10 2014 → Nov 12 2014 |
Publication series
Name | 2014 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC - Proceedings of Technical Papers |
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Conference
Conference | 2014 10th IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC 2014 |
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Country/Territory | Taiwan, Province of China |
City | Kaohsiung |
Period | 11/10/14 → 11/12/14 |
Bibliographical note
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