A CMOS temperature-to-frequency converter with an inaccuracy of less than ±0.5°C (3σ) from - 40°C to 105°C

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2992-2997

  Makinwa, Kofi A A ^a,b   Snoeij, Martijn F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chopper modulation; Electrothermal integrated circuit; Frequency locked loop (FLL); Temperature sensors

Indexed keywords

CHOPPER MODULATION; CMOS CHIP; ELECTROTHERMAL FILTER; ELECTROTHERMAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOP (FLL); TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTER;

BIT ERROR RATE; IMAGE SENSORS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PHASE SHIFTERS; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33845604389     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2006.884865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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