Title
A 0.84pJ/cycle Wheatstone Bridge Based CMOS RC Oscillator with Reconfigurable Frequencies
Abstract
A low-power CMOS RC relaxation oscillator supporting reconfigurable frequencies is presented for timekeeping in low-power Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The oscillator employs a Wheatstone Bridge (WB) scheme to relax the constraint between reference current and reference resistance existing in prior arts. In addition, adjusting the resistor ratios in WB supports reconfigurable frequencies and allows the use of smaller resistors for lower frequencies, saving chip area. Measurements of the prototype in 180nm CMOS show an average temperature coefficient down to 9.6ppm/°C at nominal 67kHz across -20°C to 100°C, with an energy efficiency of 0.84pJ/cycle and an active area of 0.145mm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> . Oscillations at 17kHz and 154kHz are also demonstrated by tuning the resistor ratio of WB.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/CICC.2019.8780148
2019 IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
CMOS,low power,RC oscillator,relaxation oscillator,frequency lock-loop,Wheatstone Bridge
Oscillation,Relaxation oscillator,Computer science,Wheatstone bridge,Electronic engineering,Chip,CMOS,Automatic frequency control,RC oscillator,Resistor
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0886-5930
978-1-5386-9396-4
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
7
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pei-yu Chen11138.79
Dai Li200.68
Zhanghao Yu300.34
Qing Jin400.34
Kuiyuan Yang514820.89