A Compact Resistor-Based CMOS Temperature Sensor With an Inaccuracy of 0.12 °C (3σ) and a Resolution FoM of 0.43 pJ·K² in 65-nm CMOS

Woojun Choi, Yongtae Lee, Seonhong Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Jieun Jang, Junhyun Chun, Kofi A.A. Makinwa, Youngcheol Chae

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Abstract

This paper presents a compact resistor-based CMOS temperature sensor intended for dense thermal monitoring. It is based on an RC poly-phase filter (PPF), whose temperature-dependent phase shift is read out by a frequency-locked loop (FLL). The PPF's phase shift is determined by a zero-crossing (ZC) detector, allowing the rest of the FLL to be realized in an area-efficient manner. Implemented in a 65-nm CMOS technology, the sensor occupies only 7000 μm². It can operate from supply voltages as low as 0.85 V and consumes 68 μW. A sensor based on a PPF made from silicided p-poly resistors and metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitors achieves an inaccuracy of ±0.12 °C (3σ) from -40 °C to 85 °C and a resolution of 2.5 mK (rms) in a 1-ms conversion time. This corresponds to a resolution figure-of-merit (FoM) of 0.43 pJ·K².

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3356-3367
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Volume53
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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Keywords

  • Area-efficient
  • CMOS temperature sensor
  • energy-efficient
  • frequency-locked loop (FLL)
  • poly-phase filter (PPF)
  • resistor-based sensor
  • trimming
  • zero-crossing (ZC) detection

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