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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2013.17.2.378

A 2.5V 0.25㎛ CMOS Temperature Sensor with 4-bit SA ADC  

Kim, Mungyu (금오공과대학교 전자공학과)
Jang, Young-Chan (금오공과대학교 전자공학부)
Abstract
In this paper, a CMOS temperature sensor is proposed to measure the internal temperature of a chip. The temperature sensor consists of a proportional-to-absolute-temperature (PTAT) circuit for a temperature sensing part and a 4-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for a digital interface. The PTAT circuit with the compact area is designed by using a vertical PNP architecture in the CMOS process. To reduce sensitivity of temperature variation in the digital interface circuit of the proposed temperature sensor, a 4-bit successive approximation (SA) ADC using the minimum analog circuits is used. It uses a capacitor-based digital-to-analog converter and a time-domain comparator to minimize power consumption. The proposed temperature sensor was fabricated by using a $0.25{\mu}m$ 1-poly 6-metal CMOS process with a 2.5V supply, and its operating temperature range is from 50 to $150^{\circ}C$. The area and power consumption of the fabricated temperature sensor are $130{\times}390{\mu}m^2$ and $868{\mu}W$, respectively.
Keywords
Temperature sensor; PTAT; successive approximation analog-to-digital converter;
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