A 635pW battery voltage supervisory circuit for miniature sensor nodes

  • Inhee Lee
  • , Suyoung Bang
  • , Yoonmyung Lee
  • , Yejoong Kim
  • , Gyouho Kim
  • , Dennis Sylvester
  • , David Blaauw

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Abstract

We propose a low power battery voltage supervisory circuit for micro-scale sensor systems that provides power-on reset, brown-out detection, and recovery detection to prevent malfunction and battery damage. Ultra-low power is achieved using a 57pA, fast stabilizing two-stage voltage reference and an 81pA leakage-based oscillator and clocked comparator. The supervisor was fabricated in 180nm CMOS and integrated with a complete 1 mm 3 sensor system. It consumes 635pW at 3.6V supply voltage, which is an 850x reduction over the best prior work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC 2012
Pages202-203
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC 2012 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: 13 Jun 201215 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Digest of Technical Papers

Conference

Conference2012 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, VLSIC 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu, HI
Period13/06/1215/06/12

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