A 65-nm CMOS temperature-compensated mobility-based frequency reference for wireless sensor networks

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1544-1552

  Sebastiano, Fabio ^a   Breems, Lucien J ^a   Makinwa, Kofi A A ^b   Drago, Salvatore ^a   Leenaerts, Domine M W ^a   Nauta, Bram ^c  

^a NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Charge carrier mobility; CMOS integrated circuits; crystal less clock; frequency reference; low voltage; MOSFET; sigma delta modulation; smart sensors; temperature compensation; temperature sensors; ultra low power; wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL-LESS CLOCK; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; LOW VOLTAGES; MOS-FET; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIRELESS SENSOR;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; MODULATORS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 79959734044     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2143630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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