A new CMOS stress sensor ratiometric readout for in-plane stress magnitude and angle detection

Yu, Zili; Scherjon, Cor; Mahsereci, Yigit; Burghartz, Joachim N.

doi:10.1109/icsens.2017.8234135

Cited by 5 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…A more performance-aware approach comes with intentionally exploiting the different polarities and degrees of piezoresistive effects in NMOS and PMOS transistors laid out in longitudinal or transversal orientation in combination with suitable circuit building blocks [36], [47].…”

Section: B Circuit Design Under Impact Of Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hybrid Systems-in-Foil—Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics

Burghartz

Alavi

Albrecht

et al. 2019

IEEE J. Electron Devices Soc.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper reports on the status of a comprehensive ten-year research and development effort toward hybrid system-in-foil (HySiF). In HySiF, the merits of high-performance integrated circuits on ultra-thin chips and of large-area and discrete electronic component implementation are combined in a complementary fashion in and on a flexible carrier substrate. HySiF paves the way to entirely new applications of electronic products where form factor, form adaptivity and form flexibility are key enablers. In this review paper the various aspects of thin-chip fabrication and embedding, device and circuit design under impact of unknown or variable mechanical stress, and the on-and off-chip implementation of sensor, actuator, microwave, and energy supply components are addressed. INDEX TERMS Hybrid integrated circuits, thin film circuits, flexible electronics, micro assembly, multichip modules, chip scale packaging.

show abstract

Section: B Circuit Design Under Impact Of Stressmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hybrid Systems-in-Foil—Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics

Burghartz

Alavi

Albrecht

et al. 2019

IEEE J. Electron Devices Soc.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In this paper, the ratiometric concept is applied to achieve robustness to component and power supply variations without increasing complexity and without the use of bandgap circuits. The ratiometric approach is a common technique for measuring analog signals from sensors, to be conditioned in a digital signal to be compatible with a computer, DAQ system, microcontroller or microprocessor [23][24][25][26]. The advantage of the ratiometric approach is that it avoids the need for internal regulators, which reduces energy consumption and costs, but one disadvantage is that the dynamic range of the output depends on the supply voltage, and would be a major problem where the supply voltage decreases continuously, e.g., in autonomous portable equipment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Highly Robust Interface Circuit for Resistive Sensors

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The signal from a resistive sensor must be converted into a digital signal to be compatible with a computer through an interface circuit. Resistance-to-Period converter, used as interface, is preferred if the resistance variations are very large. This paper presents the structure of an interface circuit for resistive sensors that is highly robust to component and power supply variations. Robustness is achieved by using the ratiometric approach, thus complex circuits or highly accurate voltage references are not necessary. To validate the proposed approach, a prototype was implemented using discrete components. Measurements were carried out considering a variation of ±35% in the single supply voltage and a range from 1 k Ω to 1 M Ω .

show abstract

“…The ratiometric approach is a common technique for measuring analog signals from sensors, to be conditioned in a digital signal to be compatible with a computer, DAQ system, microcontroller or microprocessor [23,24,25,26]. The advantage of the ratiometric approach is that it avoids the need for internal regulators, which reduces energy consumption and costs, but one disadvantage is that the output depends on the supply voltage, and would be a major problem where the supply voltage decreases continuously, e.g., in autonomous portable equipment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Low-Power Highly Robust Resistance-to-Period Converter

Álvarez-Simón

Gómez-Ramírez

Sanz-Pascual

2018

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents a novel structure of Resistance- to-Period (R-T) Converter highly robust to supply and temperature variations. Robustness is achieved by using the ratiometric approach so that complex circuits or high accuracy voltage references are not necessary. To prove the proposed architecture of R-T converter, a prototype was implemented in a 0.18 μm CMOS process with a single supply voltage of 1.8 V and without any stable reference voltage. Experimental results show a maximum ±1.5% output signal variation for ±10% supply voltage variation and in a 3–95 °C temperature range.

show abstract

A new CMOS stress sensor ratiometric readout for in-plane stress magnitude and angle detection

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Hybrid Systems-in-Foil—Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics

Hybrid Systems-in-Foil—Combining the Merits of Thin Chips and of Large-Area Electronics

A Highly Robust Interface Circuit for Resistive Sensors

Low-Power Highly Robust Resistance-to-Period Converter

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About