Presentation 2017-06-20
CMOS-compatible Temperature and Illuminance Sensor for Solar-cell-embedded Chip
Tatsuya Banno, Tomoya Kimura, Takashi Imagawa, Hiroyuki Ochi,
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Abstract(in English) This paper proposes a temperature and illuminance sensor circuit that operates with about 0.5 V supply voltage harvested from on-chip solar cell to realize a CMOS-compatible sensor chip composed of on-chip solar cells and a temperature sensor without using any external components. The proposed method estimates environmental temperature using three ring oscillators with different temperature and voltage characteristics. Circuit simulation and chip measurement results suggest that temperature and supply voltage can be estimated using the proposed method.
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Keyword(in English) micro-energy harvesting / sensor device / ring oscillator / low-power low-supply-voltage circuit design
Paper # CAS2017-22,VLD2017-25,SIP2017-46,MSS2017-22
Date of Issue 2017-06-12 (CAS, VLD, SIP, MSS)

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Committee SIP / CAS / MSS / VLD
Conference Date 2017/6/19(2days)
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Place (in English) Niigata University, Ikarashi Campus
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Chair Masahiro Okuda(Univ. of Kitakyushu) / Mitsuru Hiraki(Renesas) / Morikazu Nakamura(Univ. of Ryukyus) / Hiroyuki Ochi(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Vice Chair Shogo Muramatsu(Niigata Univ.) / Naoyuki Aikawa(TUS) / Hideaki Okazaki(Shonan Inst. of Tech.) / Shigemasa Takai(Osaka Univ.) / Noriyuki Minegishi(Mitsubishi Electric)
Secretary Shogo Muramatsu(Chiba Inst. of Tech.) / Naoyuki Aikawa(Takushoku Univ.) / Hideaki Okazaki(Renesas) / Shigemasa Takai(Shonan Inst. of Tech.) / Noriyuki Minegishi(Toshiba)
Assistant Masayoshi Nakamoto(Hiroshima Univ.ひろ) / Yohei Nakamura(Hitachi) / Hideki Kinjo(Okinawa Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Signal Processing / Technical Committee on Circuits and Systems / Technical Committee on Mathematical Systems Science and its applications / Technical Committee on VLSI Design Technologies
Language JPN
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Title (in English) CMOS-compatible Temperature and Illuminance Sensor for Solar-cell-embedded Chip
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) micro-energy harvesting
Keyword(2) sensor device
Keyword(3) ring oscillator
Keyword(4) low-power low-supply-voltage circuit design
1st Author's Name Tatsuya Banno
1st Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Tomoya Kimura
2nd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Takashi Imagawa
3rd Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
4th Author's Name Hiroyuki Ochi
4th Author's Affiliation Ritsumeikan University(Ritsumeikan Univ.)
Date 2017-06-20
Paper # CAS2017-22,VLD2017-25,SIP2017-46,MSS2017-22
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) CAS-96,VLD-97,SIP-98,MSS-99
Page pp.pp.113-118(CAS), pp.113-118(VLD), pp.113-118(SIP), pp.113-118(MSS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-06-12 (CAS, VLD, SIP, MSS)