• DocumentCode
    2535838
  • Title

    An ultra-low power silicon-on-sapphire ADC for energy-scavenging sensors

  • Author

    Fu, Zhengming ; Culurciello, Eugenio

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-24 May 2006
  • Lastpage
    1514
  • Abstract
    We designed and fabricated an 8-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in a 0.5mum silicon-on-sapphire CMOS technology. The ultra-low power and low voltage design of the ADC was targeted for wireless sensor interfaces and energy-scavenging systems. The ADC is capable of 4.5MHz operation, producing 409kS/s, consuming 3muWatt at 1.5V power supply. It uses an active area of 615times782mum2 . The acceptable input range is 0.97V at 1.5V power supply
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; low-power electronics; wireless sensor networks; 0.5 micron; 0.97 to 1.5 V; 3 muW; 4.5 MHz; analog-to-digital converter; energy-scavenging sensors; energy-scavenging systems; silicon-on-sapphire CMOS; wireless sensor interfaces; Analog-digital conversion; CMOS technology; Capacitors; Photodiodes; Photovoltaic cells; Power supplies; Sensor systems; Transmitters; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Island of Kos
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9389-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1692884
  • Filename
    1692884