An Ultra Low Voltage, Low Power, Fully Integrated VCO for GPS in 90 nm RF-CMOS

2005 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Aspemyr ◽  
D. Linten
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Rf Cmos ◽  
Fully Integrated

scholarly journals Low-power electronics for energy harvesting sensors

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven Dunbar ◽  
Zoya Popović
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Storage Element ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Point Tracking ◽  
Transient Nature ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Power Application

This paper addresses low-power, low-voltage electronic circuit requirements for wireless sensors with energy harvesting. The challenges of start-up for micro-controller unit (MCU)-based energy-harvesting platforms is discussed where a transient, low-voltage (20–1000 mV), low-power (<100 μW) source having a relatively high source impedance (possibly >500 Ω) is used. Efficient converter circuitry is required to transform the low-voltage output from the source to a level suitable for typical electronic devices, 1.8–5 V, and a prototype is demonstrated in the paper. Owing to the limited energy available to deliver to the storage element, the converter output voltage typically has a slow rising slew rate that can be a problem for MCUs. This necessitates a reset circuit to hold-off operation until a level high enough for reliable operation is achieved. Once operational, Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) extracts peak power from the harvester while simultaneously tracking the transient nature of the source. In this low-power application, MCU programming needs to be efficient, while otherwise keeping the MCU in the lowest power standby mode possible to conserve energy. In a fully integrated design, a single MCU may be used for the sensor application, power management, power conversion, and MPPT functions.

Low Voltage Low Power Fully Integrated Chaos Generator

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 1850155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Jin ◽  
LV Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Power Dissipation ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Electronic Components ◽  
Ic Design ◽  
Chip Area ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Chaos Generator ◽  
Wide Range

A low voltage low power fully integrated chaos generator is presented in this paper. Comparing with the conventional off-the-shelf electronic components-based chaos generators, the designed circuit is fully integrated, and it achieves lower supply voltage, lower power dissipation and smaller chip area. The proposed fully integrated chaos generator is verified with GlobalFoundries 0.18[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]m CMOS 1P6M RF process using Cadence IC Design Tools. The simulation results demonstrate that the fully integrated chaos generator consumes only 17[Formula: see text]mW from [Formula: see text]2.5[Formula: see text]V supply voltage. Moreover, the chip area of the chaos generator is only 1.755[Formula: see text]mm2 including the testing pads, and it has a wide range of practical application prospects.

Analysis of 6T SRAM Cell in Different Technologies

2017 ◽  
Vol MCSP2017 (01) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhashree Rath ◽  
Siba Kumar Panda
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Random Access ◽  
Storage Device ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Process Technology ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Noise Margin ◽  
Sram Cell

Static random access memory (SRAM) is an important component of embedded cache memory of handheld digital devices. SRAM has become major data storage device due to its large storage density and less time to access. Exponential growth of low power digital devices has raised the demand of low voltage low power SRAM. This paper presents design and implementation of 6T SRAM cell in 180 nm, 90 nm and 45 nm standard CMOS process technology. The simulation has been done in Cadence Virtuoso environment. The performance analysis of SRAM cell has been evaluated in terms of delay, power and static noise margin (SNM).

COMPOSITE TRANSISTOR CELL USING DYNAMIC BODY BIAS FOR HIGH GAIN AND LOW-VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (08) ◽  
pp. 1450108 ◽  
Author(s):  
VANDANA NIRANJAN ◽  
ASHWANI KUMAR ◽  
SHAIL BALA JAIN
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Output Impedance ◽  
Self Cascode ◽  
Intrinsic Gain ◽  
Body Bias

In this work, a new composite transistor cell using dynamic body bias technique is proposed. This cell is based on self cascode topology. The key attractive feature of the proposed cell is that body effect is utilized to realize asymmetric threshold voltage self cascode structure. The proposed cell has nearly four times higher output impedance than its conventional version. Dynamic body bias technique increases the intrinsic gain of the proposed cell by 11.17 dB. Analytical formulation for output impedance and intrinsic gain parameters of the proposed cell has been derived using small signal analysis. The proposed cell can operate at low power supply voltage of 1 V and consumes merely 43.1 nW. PSpice simulation results using 180 nm CMOS technology from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) are included to prove the unique results. The proposed cell could constitute an efficient analog Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) cell library in the design of high gain analog integrated circuits and is particularly interesting for biomedical and instrumentation applications requiring low-voltage low-power operation capability where the processing signal frequency is very low.

scholarly journals A 0.3 V Rail-to-Rail Ultra-Low-Power OTA with Improved Bandwidth and Slew Rate

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Francesco Centurelli ◽  
Riccardo Della Sala ◽  
Pietro Monsurrò ◽  
Giuseppe Scotti ◽  
Alessandro Trifiletti
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Supply Voltage ◽  
Cmos Process ◽  
Slew Rate ◽  
Large Signal ◽  
Output Stage ◽  
Ultra Low Power ◽  
Input Stage ◽  
Rail To Rail

In this paper, we present a novel operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) topology based on a dual-path body-driven input stage that exploits a body-driven current mirror-active load and targets ultra-low-power (ULP) and ultra-low-voltage (ULV) applications, such as IoT or biomedical devices. The proposed OTA exhibits only one high-impedance node, and can therefore be compensated at the output stage, thus not requiring Miller compensation. The input stage ensures rail-to-rail input common-mode range, whereas the gate-driven output stage ensures both a high open-loop gain and an enhanced slew rate. The proposed amplifier was designed in an STMicroelectronics 130 nm CMOS process with a nominal supply voltage of only 0.3 V, and it achieved very good values for both the small-signal and large-signal Figures of Merit. Extensive PVT (process, supply voltage, and temperature) and mismatch simulations are reported to prove the robustness of the proposed amplifier.

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