This brief presents an ultra-low-power low-noise chopped capacitively coupled instrumentation amplifier (CCIA) that is suitable for neural recording applications. An active high-pass filter is embedded in the ripple r...
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This brief presents an ultra-low-power low-noise chopped capacitively coupled instrumentation amplifier (CCIA) that is suitable for neural recording applications. An active high-pass filter is embedded in the ripple reduction loop (RRL) to suppress the residual noise and relax the capacitor size. Multiple chopping is employed to further reduce the residual output ripple due to the RRL offsets. A dc servo loop (DSL) using a 14-nA pseudofeedback amplifier is proposed to achieve a subhertz high-pass corner while using only a 15-pF on-chip capacitor. The complete CCIA is implemented in a standard 0.18-μm CMOS process. It occupies an area of 0.23 mm 2 (including the DSL) and consumes 1.7 μA from a 1.25-V supply, achieving a noise efficiency factor of 2.9 that compares favorably with the state of the art.
This paper presents a second order multi-bit incremental analog-to-digital converter with two-phase feedback DAC control logic, insensitive to capacitor mismatches and with enhanced performance in multi-bit implementa...
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This paper describes a power-efficient processor for extracting the timing of QRS complex from digitized ECG, based on the hardware-efficient architecture of quadratic spline wavelet transform (QSWT) and maxima modulu...
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This paper describes a power-efficient processor for extracting the timing of QRS complex from digitized ECG, based on the hardware-efficient architecture of quadratic spline wavelet transform (QSWT) and maxima modulus pair recognition (MMPR). The processor succeeds in saving the wireless system's power by 6×.
This paper proposes a hardware-efficient time-domain scheme to digitally compensate the I/Q imbalance and LO feedthrough (LOFT) of a sub-GHz wideband transmitter for the IEEE 802.11af WLAN. A simple envelope detector ...
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(纸本)9781467395700
This paper proposes a hardware-efficient time-domain scheme to digitally compensate the I/Q imbalance and LO feedthrough (LOFT) of a sub-GHz wideband transmitter for the IEEE 802.11af WLAN. A simple envelope detector is the only analog part. The parameters are updated by Least-Mean-Square and estimated efficiently in time domain by using COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer (CORDIC), saving the training time and power consumption. The measured wideband image-rejection ratio (IRR) and LO-leakage-rejection ratio (LRR) are improved from 18.9 to 41.3 dB, and 20.4 to 37.9 dB, respectively.
This paper proposes a dual-layer patterned floating shield (DL-PFS) technique for Silicon-based on-chip spiral inductors. By optimally utilizing the two lowest metal layer strips to shield the inductor from the substr...
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(纸本)9781479953424
This paper proposes a dual-layer patterned floating shield (DL-PFS) technique for Silicon-based on-chip spiral inductors. By optimally utilizing the two lowest metal layer strips to shield the inductor from the substrate, electromagnetic (EM) simulations show 40% improvement of the Q factor when compared with the conventional approach. Designed and simulated in 0.13-μm CMOS, the DL-PFS inductor in a class-B VCO achieves 6.6-dB lower phase noise, and 34% power savings. The VCO also exhibits 9.7-to-10.93 GHz tunability, and -123-dBc/Hz phase noise at a 3 MHz offset. The power consumption is 1.64 mW at 0.6 V, leading to a state-of-the-art FoM of 190.5 dBc/Hz.
In this paper, an ultra-low power, high accuracy CMOS smart temperature sensor customized for clinical temperature monitoring based on substrate p-n-p bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) is presented. A power efficien...
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In this paper, an ultra-low power, high accuracy CMOS smart temperature sensor customized for clinical temperature monitoring based on substrate p-n-p bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) is presented. A power efficient analog front end with a sensing-range customized multi-ratio pregain stage is proposed to effectively utilize the input range of the incremental analog-to-digital converter to relax the conversion speed and resolution requirement. A block-based data weighted averaging technique is also proposed to achieve highly accurate pre-gain ratios while significantly reducing the implementation complexity. The complete temperature sensor is implemented in a standard 0.18 μm CMOS process occupying an active area of 0.198 mm 2 . Measurement results from 20 test chips show that an inaccuracy of ±0.2 °C (3σ) is achieved from 25 °C to 45 °C after one-point calibration. The average power consumption is 1.1 μW at a conversion speed of 2 Sa/s.
This paper presents a complete energy optimized sub-threshold standard cell library exploiting unbalanced pull-up/down (PU/PD) network, logical effort and inverse-narrow-width (INW) techniques. Individual logic cell i...
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This paper presents a complete energy optimized sub-threshold standard cell library exploiting unbalanced pull-up/down (PU/PD) network, logical effort and inverse-narrow-width (INW) techniques. Individual logic cell is optimized for ultra-low-energy applications with low-to-moderate speed requirement. Three 14-tap 8-bit FIR filters are fabricated using a 0.18-μm CMOS technology, while one of them achieved the minimum energy/tap (0.0234 pJ) and 0.365 Figure-of-Merit (FoM) at 100 kHz, 0.31 V.
This paper reports a CMOS transceiver apt for integration with a digital microfluidic device, allowing electronic-automated sample management and measurement of micro-nuclear magnetic resonance (μNMR) signals inside ...
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This paper reports a CMOS transceiver apt for integration with a digital microfluidic device, allowing electronic-automated sample management and measurement of micro-nuclear magnetic resonance (μNMR) signals inside a portable magnet. The transmitter (TX) employs an all-digital state control and a pulse sequence synthesizer to emit the exciting pulses for the samples. The receiver (RX) is led by a low-noise amplifier (LNA) using multi-stage NMOS-PMOS-complementary differential pairs, to achieve a sub-nV/√Hz input-referred noise. The RX baseband is a 6th-order Butterworth, dynamic-baseband-bandwidth lowpass filter (2.5 to 20 kHz), which suppresses the out-of-band noise and offers a fast recovery time between the exciting pulses, reducing the dead time of the RX for better sensitivity. Fabricated in 0.18-μm CMOS, the transceiver occupies a die area of 2.1 mm 2 and consumes 6.6/23.7 mW of power in the TX/RX mode.
A fully-digital capacitive sensor readout circuit based on capacitance controlled oscillators is presented. A two-step quantization scheme using SAR for coarse conversion and ΔΣ for fine conversion is introduced to ...
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A fully-digital capacitive sensor readout circuit based on capacitance controlled oscillators is presented. A two-step quantization scheme using SAR for coarse conversion and ΔΣ for fine conversion is introduced to extend the sensor input range while preserving the sensing accuracy. Systematic error analysis and optimization for the finite switch on-resistance and buffer input dependent delay are also outlined. Power supply insensitivity is ensured by the use of a pseudo-differential architecture and a ratiometric readout scheme. The complete sensor readout is implemented in a standard 0.18μm CMOS process. Simulation results show that the sensor readout circuit can achieve a wide input range from 1.5 to 6.5pF and a worst case power supply rejection ratio of 0.65% from 0.3V to 0.6V. For the ΔΣ conversion, a resolution of 7.4b at a conversion frequency of 318 Hz with an input capacitance of 4pF and a 0.3V supply is achieved. An average power is 37.5nW at 0.3V with a 4pF input capacitance, corresponding to a Figure-of-Merit (FoM) of 350fJ/conv-step.
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