A CMOS micropower voltage-to-frequency converter for portable applications

C. Azcona, B. Calvo, N. Medrano, S. Celma, M. R. Valero

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Abstract

This paper presents a micropower 1.2-V 0.18-μm CMOS temperature-compensated voltage-to-frequency converter for portable applications. Results show that the proposed converter has a power consumption of 60 μW (15 nW in sleep mode) operating over a (0.0 - 1.0 V) input voltage range with two different selectable output ranges, 0 - 0.5 MHz and 0.5 - 1 MHz. It achieves a relative error below 3 %, a gain error below 3.6 % and a linearity error of 0.004 % (14 bits) over the whole frequency span.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 7 th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics
Subtitle of host publicationConference Proceedintgs
EditorsGian-Franco Dalla Betta, David Stoppa, Lucio Pancheri
PublisherIEEE
Pages141-144
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-9137-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jul 2011
Event2011 7th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics - Trento, Italy
Duration: 3 Jul 20117 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference2011 7th Conference on Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTrento
Period3/07/117/07/11

Keywords

  • CMOS integrated circuits
  • compensation
  • frequency convertors
  • power convertors
  • CMOS micropower voltage-to-frequency converter
  • CMOS temperature-compensated voltage-to-frequency converter
  • frequency 0 MHz to 0.5 MHz
  • frequency 0.5 MHz to 1 MHz
  • power 15 nW
  • power 60 muW
  • power consumption
  • size 0.18 mum
  • voltage 0.0 V to 1.0 V
  • voltage 1.2 V
  • CMOS technology
  • Linearity
  • Power demand
  • Sensitivity
  • Transistors
  • Wireless sensor networks
  • CMOS mixed integrated circuits
  • Low-voltage low-power
  • Sensor interface
  • Smart sensors
  • Voltage-to-frequency converter
  • WSN

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