A 145mV to 1.2V Single Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs

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作者
Huang, Yu [1 ]
Shrivastava, Aatmesh [2 ]
Calhoun, Benton H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Virginia, Charlottesville, VA USA
[2] PsiKick Inc, Charlottesville, VA USA
来源
2015 IEEE SOI-3D-SUBTHRESHOLD MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY UNIFIED CONFERENCE (S3S) | 2015年
关键词
Level converter; charge pump; sub-threshold; energy harvesting;
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TP301 [理论、方法];
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081202 ;
摘要
This paper presents an ultra-low swing level converter with integrated charge pumps that shows measured conversion in a 130nm CMOS test chip from an input at 145mV swing to a 1.2V output. Lowering the input allowable for a single ended level converter supports energy harvesting systems that need to use very low voltages.
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