Startup Techniques for 95 mV Step-Up Converter by Capacitor Pass-On Scheme and ${\rm V}_{\rm TH}$-Tuned Oscillator With Fixed Charge Programming
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Abstract
This paper presents a 95 mV startup-voltage step-up DC-DC converter for energy harvesting applications. The capacitor pass-on scheme enables operation of the system from an input voltage of 95 mV without using additional off-chip components. To compensate for the die-to-die process variation, post-fabrication threshold voltage (VTH) trimming is applied to reduce the minimum operating voltage (VDDMIN) of the oscillator. Experimental results demonstrate the 34% VDDMIN reduction of the oscillator by post-fabrication VTH trimming. The proposed step-up converter achieves the lowest startup voltage in standard CMOS without using a mechanical switch or large transformer.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 6156478 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1252-1260 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | IEEE journal of solid-state circuits |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2012 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
| Scopus | 84862786072 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-4152-1203/work/165453421 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Detectors, Transistors, Capacitors, Oscillators, Power demand, Power transistors, CMOS integrated circuits