Differential temperature sensor with high sensitivity, wide dynamic range and digital offset calibration

The goal of this paper is twofold: first to add together all different causes that can alter the offset of a differential temperature sensor and, second, to present a new differential temperature sensor architecture that can digitally compensate for this behavior and therefore extends the sensor dyn...

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Autores: Vidal López, Eva María|||0000-0001-8533-2271, Ruiz Cayuela, Sergio, Duquenoy, Jérémy, González, J. L., Altet Sanahujes, Josep|||0000-0002-6939-6475
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/107410
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/107410
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2017.06.022
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Integrated circuits
Differential temperature sensors
CMOS temperature sensors
Thermal testing
Offset temperature correction
Circuits integrats
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria electrònica::Microelectrònica::Circuits integrats
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Sumario:The goal of this paper is twofold: first to add together all different causes that can alter the offset of a differential temperature sensor and, second, to present a new differential temperature sensor architecture that can digitally compensate for this behavior and therefore extends the sensor dynamic range. Measurements performed on a 65 nm CMOS differential temperature sensor are presented to illustrate the discussion. As evolution of the state of the art, an automatic calibration procedure and the new sensor topology is presented. With this new topology, not only the thermal offset can be digitally calibrated, but the application field of differential temperature sensors is widened, being now suitable for use in measurements where both wide input range and high differential sensitivity are required.