Current Regulated LED Driver with Fast Switch-Off Behavior for Integrated Optoelectronic Implants

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Contributors

  • Anton Geläschus - , Hamburg University of Technology (Author)
  • Julian A. Singer - , Hamburg University of Technology (Author)
  • Matthias Kuhl - , University of Freiburg (Author)
  • Andreas Bahr - , Chair of Biomedical Electronics (Author)

Abstract

This paper presents a power, speed and area optimized mini-LED driver integrated in 180 nm CMOS HV process and capable of sinking up to 4mA current. It aims to cover various applications of optoelectronic implants with a single design. The current driver consists of a drain-regulated self-cascode current mirror. An additional carrier sweep-out circuit reduces the mini-LED voltage fall time down to 4.7 ns. The current can be digitally adjusted from 0.5 mA to 4 mA, depending on its use-case. The temperature-compensated current reference provides 0.01 mA with a temperature coefficient (TC) of 210 ppm/°C between -10 °C and 110 °C leading to a TC of 357 ppm/°C for the output current. The successfully performed measurements for circuit under pad constructs revealed a possible size reduction only limited by the dimensions of the on-die processed mini-LEDs of 0.1 mm x 0.2 mm.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISCAS 2025 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1-5
ISBN (electronic)979-8-3503-5683-0
Publication statusPublished - 2025
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN0271-4310

Conference

TitleIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2025
SubtitleTechnology Disruption and Society
Abbreviated titleISCAS 2025
Duration25 - 28 May 2025
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationInterContinental London The O2
CityLondon
CountryUnited Kingdom

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8012-6794/work/191534942

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Keywords

  • CMOS, current reference, integrated LED driver, level shifter, medical implant, mini-LED, optoelectronic