A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs

A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs

This paper presents an ultra-low swing level converter with integrated charge pumps that shows measured conversion in a 130-nm CMOS test chip from an input at a 145-mV swing to a 1.2-V output. Lowering the input allowable for a single-ended level converter supports energy harvesting systems that nee...

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Main Authors: Yu Huang, Aatmesh Shrivastava, Laura E. Barnes, Benton H. Calhoun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications
Subjects:
level converter
charge pump
subthreshold
energy harvesting
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/6/3/11
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spelling doaj-c5eacd21f70141288406fd78aca92e612020-11-24T21:49:58ZengMDPI AGJournal of Low Power Electronics and Applications2079-92682016-06-01631110.3390/jlpea6030011jlpea6030011A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICsYu Huang0Aatmesh Shrivastava1Laura E. Barnes2Benton H. Calhoun3The Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USAPsiKick Inc., Charlottesville, VA 22902, USADepartment of System and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USAThe Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USAThis paper presents an ultra-low swing level converter with integrated charge pumps that shows measured conversion in a 130-nm CMOS test chip from an input at a 145-mV swing to a 1.2-V output. Lowering the input allowable for a single-ended level converter supports energy harvesting systems that need to use very low voltages.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/6/3/11level convertercharge pumpsubthresholdenergy harvesting
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Laura E. Barnes
Benton H. Calhoun
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Aatmesh Shrivastava
Laura E. Barnes
Benton H. Calhoun
A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications
level converter
charge pump
subthreshold
energy harvesting
author_facet Yu Huang
Aatmesh Shrivastava
Laura E. Barnes
Benton H. Calhoun
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title A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
title_short A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
title_full A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
title_fullStr A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
title_full_unstemmed A Design and Theoretical Analysis of a 145 mV to 1.2 V Single-Ended Level Converter Circuit for Ultra-Low Power Low Voltage ICs
title_sort design and theoretical analysis of a 145 mv to 1.2 v single-ended level converter circuit for ultra-low power low voltage ics
publisher MDPI AG
series Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications
issn 2079-9268
publishDate 2016-06-01
description This paper presents an ultra-low swing level converter with integrated charge pumps that shows measured conversion in a 130-nm CMOS test chip from an input at a 145-mV swing to a 1.2-V output. Lowering the input allowable for a single-ended level converter supports energy harvesting systems that need to use very low voltages.
topic level converter
charge pump
subthreshold
energy harvesting
url http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9268/6/3/11
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