An Ultra-Low Power Temperature to Digital Converter

for Medical Applications in 180 nm CMOS

Master Thesis (2019)
Author(s)

V.F.C. van Hoek (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Contributor(s)

K. A. A. Makinwa – Mentor (TU Delft - Microelectronics)

Qinwen Fan – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)

M.S. Alavi – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electronics)

Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Copyright
© 2019 Vincent van Hoek
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Publication Year
2019
Language
English
Copyright
© 2019 Vincent van Hoek
Graduation Date
09-07-2019
Awarding Institution
Delft University of Technology
Programme
Electrical Engineering | Microelectronics
Faculty
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
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Abstract

This thesis describes the design of an ultra-low power temperature to digital converter. It is intended to monitor the excess heat produced during the wireless charging of implantable medical devices such as pacemakers. The TDC is designed to achieve an accuracy of ±0.1 °C (3 sigma) from 27 °C to 47 °C, and ±0.3 °C (3 sigma) from -40 °C to 85 °C after a 1-point trim. It also achieves a resolution of 0.01 °C at 10 Sa/s. The low power consumption (155 nW) is made possible by the implementation of a self-biasing BJT-core. Its low power consumption, accuracy, and resolution make it ideally suited for clinical temperature monitoring.

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