A 0.2V trifilar-coil DCO with DC-DC converter in 16nm FinFET CMOS with 188dB FOM, 1.3kHz resolution, and frequency pushing of 38MHz/V for energy harvesting applications

Chao-Chieh Li, Min-Shueh Yuan, Chih-Hsien Chang, Yu-Tso Lin, Chia-Chun Liao, Kenny Hsieh, Mark Chen, Robert Bogdan Staszewski

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Abstract

Energy harvesting (EH) is a topic of intensive research promising battery-free operation of massive networks of wireless IoT devices. To simultaneously satisfy the EH and IoT, ultra-low-power (ULP) consumption with ultra-low-voltage (ULV) supply are required. Some, e.g., photovoltaic, EH output voltage (<0.3V) is below the threshold voltage (Vt) of even the most recent FinFET CMOS transistors, which makes it extremely challenging for circuit designers. Thus, new special circuit techniques are needed to make the IoT devices work properly with supplies below Vt.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, ISSCC 2017
Subtitle of host publicationDigest of Technical Papers
EditorsLaura C. Fujino
Place of PublicationDanvers, MA
PublisherIEEE
Pages332-333
Number of pages2
Volume60
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-3758-2
ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-3757-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventISSCC 2017: 64th IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 5 Feb 20179 Feb 2017

Conference

ConferenceISSCC 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period5/02/179/02/17

Bibliographical note

Session 19.6

Keywords

  • Oscillators
  • Logic gates
  • Voltage control
  • Switches
  • DC-DC power converters
  • FinFETs
  • Topology

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