A 1µA bandgap-less programmable voltage regulator

Author

Roman, Hector X. ; Serrano, Guillermo J.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Inc., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

A voltage regulator architecture implemented with floating-gate transistors is presented. The proposed approach substitutes the traditional bandgap voltage reference circuit and resistive feedback with analog memories. As an additional feature, charge modification of these analog memories allow for output voltage modification and circuit performance improvement after fabrication. Prototypes fabricated in 0.5μm CMOS process (V_thn=0.7V; V_thp=-0.9V) operate with 1μA of quiescent current and minimum supply of 1.8V. Experimental results show output voltage programmability from 0.6V to 1.4V, maximum load of 0.50mA, line regulation of 13mV/V, load regulation of 80mV/mA, and a maximum temperature coefficient of 58.2ppm/°C.

Keywords

CMOS analogue integrated circuits; analogue storage; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; reference circuits; voltage regulators; analog memories; bandgap less programmable voltage regulator; bandgap voltage reference circuit; charge modification; circuit performance improvement; current 1 muA; floating gate transistors; output voltage modification; resistive feedback; size 0.5 mum; voltage 0.6 V to 1.4 V; voltage 0.7 V; voltage 0.9 V; voltage 1.8 V;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2013 IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH

ISSN

1548-3746

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.2013.6674571

Filename

6674571