A 0.032-mm(2) 0.15-V Three-Stage Charge-Pump Scheme Using a Differential Bootstrapped Ring-VCO for Energy-Harvesting Applications

作者：Yi, Haidong; Yin, Jun^*; Mak, Pui-In; Martins, Rui P.

来源：IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS II-EXPRESS BRIEFS, 2018, 65(2): 146-150.

DOI：10.1109/TCSII.2017.2676159

• Bootstrapped
• CMOS
• energy harvesting
• charge pump (CP)
• ring-VCO
• reverse current
• ultra-low voltage

This brief reports a compact and fully integrated three-stage charge-pump (CP) scheme with a 1:10 step-up ratio for energy-harvesting applications. To undertake a low-voltage input (e.g., from thermoelectric or solar source), our CP scheme features a differential bootstrapped ring-VCO generating six-phase clock signals with a boosted swing. Driven by replicas of these swing-boosted clock signals, the entailed number of CP stages is reduced and a 1:10 step-up ratio can be achieved with only a 3-stage CP, resulting in a higher PCE. Using the replicas of the clock signals also reduces substantially the dependency of the clock frequency on the load drivability. Fabricated in 65-nm CMOS, a 0.87-V output voltage is measured at a 38.8% power conversion efficiency, under a 500-k Omega load and a 0.15-V input. The chip area is 0.032 mm(2).

• 出版日期2018-2
• 单位澳门大学