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11-A 210nW BJT-based Temperature Sensor With An Inaccuracy of 0.15C 3 From 15C To 85C
11-A 210nW BJT-based Temperature Sensor With An Inaccuracy of 0.15C 3 From 15C To 85C
11-A 210nW BJT-based Temperature Sensor With An Inaccuracy of 0.15C 3 From 15C To 85C
Teruki Someya, Vincent van Hoek, Jan Angevare, Sining Pan, and Kofi Makinwa
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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VDD 1.2
VDD
Normalized TC of ΔVBE
VB VB VB
1.15
Simulated MA MB MA MB MA MB
ΦAFE
IBIAS pIBIAS IBIAS pIBIAS 2nA IBIAS CS pIBIAS I CS CS
1.1 BIAS pIBIAS IBIAS pIBIAS
ΦAFEB VDD
VBEL VBEH 1.05 VBE1 VBE2
QB1 QB2 5nA VBE1 ΦAFE VBE2
QB3 QB4 1 QB1 QB2 QB1 QB2
ΔVBE 10nA
QB1 ΔVBE
RBIAS 0.95 QB2 RBIAS
-15 25 65 105
BJT core Temperature [oC] RBIAS ΦAFEB ΦAFE = 1 : ΦAFE = 0 :
Bias circuit
Pre-charge Conversion
(a) (b)
Fig. 1 (a) Schematic of a conventional FE. (b) Simulated IBIAS vs. Fig. 2 Concept of the proposed DMFE.
normalized temperature coefficient (TC) (@ −15°C) of ∆VBE. DLF
ΦAFEBD Φ1Φ2 ΦEVAL
Fig. 3(c) Fig. 3(b) VBE1 α
VDD CDS-based
VDD DMFE VINT +
CS IBIAS IBIAS IBIAS IBIAS VBE2 integrator BS
VB MS1 β +
VB GND
MS1 MS2
MS8 MS9 α = 0.25 z-1
SW1 VDDMC11 VDD MC12
ΦAFEBD SW β = 0.125
DEM + Cascode 4 SEL<0> K1 K2
ΦAFE DF
VBE1 VBE2 SEL<7:0> Digital
VCS VBE1 VCS VBE2 backend K Sinc1
ΦAFEBD VBEH_R DOUT
(b) SEL
SW2 ΦAFED Pre-charge Conversion
QB1 QB2 VDD
QBR C2 C
SW3 M3 1 CS ΦAFE
ΦAFED Ramp phase Main conv.
VBE1 M2 M1 Φ1 Φ2
ΦAFEBD R VBEH
BIAS VB VBE1 VBE2
ΦAFE VBEL
ΔVBE ΦAFED VINT
ΦAFEB ΦAFEBD ΦAFEB
(a) (c) 0.5ΔVBE
BS
Fig. 3 Schematic of (a) DMFE, (b) cascode combined with DEM switch, and Fig. 4 Temperature sensor block diagram and timing
(c) sample and hold circuit based on a passive bootstrap switch. waveforms.
Φ1
Φ2D DAC1
Φ2 CINT VDD
Φ1D
CDAC 4IBIAS w/ 1st order
K1CDAC SELDAC 20
VBE1 Fig. 5(c) VOP zoom ADC
VIP 2ΔVBE
VCSP 15
VINT VBE2(1)
VBE2 VIN(P)
VIP VON VOP VIN
SELDACB
K
VIN 10 w/ proposed 0.5ΔVBE
Φ2D VON VBEH_R
K2CDAC Φ2 CDAC VCSN tracking ΔΣ o
SELDAC 5 At −15 C
Φ1D CDAC modulator
Φ1 C DOUT = 13.6
×19 0
INT
DAC2 SELDAC CMFB
0 50 100 150 200 250
Fig. 5(b) Number of Cycle
(a) (b) (c)
Fig. 5 Schematic of (a) CDS-based integrator, (b) cells of DAC, and (c) current-reuse OTA. Fig. 6 Swing of DAC gain.
TABLE I
0.1
284µm Performance Summary and Comparison with the state-of-the-art
Resolution [K]
Error [oC]
+3σ Inaccuracy [°C] ±0.4*1 ±0.15*1 ±0.2*1 −1.1/1.5*2 ±1.0*1 ±0.4*1 ±0.8*1*3
0 0 (Trim. Point) (0) (1) (1) (1) (0) (1) (1)
−3σ R-IA [%] 0.8 0.3 0.4 2.6 1.3 0.5 1.3
-0.5 −3σ -0.5
Resolution [mK] 15 40 610 63 17
-1 -1
Conv. time [ms] 50 40 0.01 6 1
-50 -25 0 25 50 75 100 -50 -25 0 25 50 75 100
Temperature [oC] Temperature [oC] FoM*4 [pJ·K2] 2.3 46 1.8 14.1 0.26
(a) (b) PSS [ºC/V] 0.07
N/A N/A
0.45 5.8
(VDD range) (1.2 to 1.8V) (0.85 to 1.2V) (0.8 – 1.3V)
Fig. 9 Measured inaccuracy of 20 samples (a) without and (b)
*1 3σ inaccuracy *3 Polynomial fitting is applied.
with 1-point offset calibration. *2 Peak-to-peak inaccuracy *4 FoM = (Resolution)2×(Energy/conversion)
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