Fully-Automated and Portable Design Methodology for Optimal Sizing of Energy-Efficient CMOS Voltage Rectifiers

Author

Gosset, Geoffroy ; Flandre, Denis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Integrated Circuits & Devices, Univ. Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Volume

1

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

149

Abstract

This paper presents a specific, fully-automated and portable design methodology used to optimize implementations of AC-DC rectifiers using MOS diodes. Output voltage and efficiency are theoretically analyzed taking into account influences of devices DC and AC characteristics, input signal voltages and frequencies as well as load currents, temperatures, backgate voltages and even capacitors and diodes parasitic capacitances. An experimental voltage multiplier is designed in a 1 μm multiple-threshold voltage SOI CMOS technology for ultra low power applications at 13.56 MHz .

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; CMOS integrated circuits; energy conservation; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; semiconductor diodes; silicon-on-insulator; solid-state rectifiers; AC-DC rectifiers; MOS diodes; backgate voltages; energy-efficient CMOS voltage rectifiers; frequency 13.56 MHz; fully-automated design methodology; load currents; multiple-threshold voltage SOI CMOS technology; parasitic capacitances; portable design methodology; size 1 mum; ultralow power applications; CMOS integrated circuits; Capacitance; Capacitors; Design methodology; Mathematical model; Schottky diodes; Threshold voltage; AC–DC converter; Rectifier; design methodology; energy scavenging; radio frequency identification (RFID); sensor network; voltage multiplier;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2156-3357

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JETCAS.2011.2158357

Filename

5961654