An accurate, small, low-power CMOS temperature sensor for on-chip thermal monitoring will be designed and analyzed in this project. The temperature sensor utilizes the temperature characteristics of the threshold voltage of a MOS transistor to sense temperature and is quite linear over the in-temperature range (-20C, 100°C). In this project some alternative temperature sensor architectures will be analyzed during an evaluation study and the results will be compared.
An accurate, small, low-power CMOS temperature sensor for on-chip thermal monitoring will be designed and analyzed in this project. The temperature sensor utilizes the temperature characteristics of the threshold voltage of a MOS transistor to sense temperature and is quite linear over the in-temperature range (-20C, 100°C).
In this project some alternative temperature sensor architectures will be analyzed during an evaluation study and the results will be compared. The circuits will be designed under required performance constraints of minimal power, layout area, signal cross talks and noise reduction using advanced IC technologies. The students will be responsible for the circuit requirements, analysis and specifications definition, focusing on the readout noise performance. Circuit design and simulations and analog layout will be done using Cadence tools.