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Hi. Ya'll
My chip of wireless sensors will be fed by RF signal (by inductive coils). I am now stuck at design for RF to DC regulator (2.5V VDD generation). My charge pump multiplies voltage and provides unregulated DC with small ripples. This DC varies from 0 to upto15v depending on the distance between the transponder and reader.
My CMOS only regulator is supposed to generate steady 2.5V VDD from this input voltage variation. (I have a problem to layout diode with the package I am using, so CMOS only)
Now, it's been almost a month for this design. I’ve decided no more time wasting, but ask to the experts.
Among many IEEE papers I’ve read regarding to this design, I attach this one that has given me the closest result so far.
Only problem (big problem) is the current consumption. This paper originally draws 100uA of the current. I’ve improved it to 70uA, but still too much for my biomedical application.
I am using “On Semiconductor 0.5um Tech (AMI06)” with Cadence.
Isn’t it possible to use less than 10uA with that big and old tech (0.5um)?
Would you introduce me your good ideas or IEEE papers?
My chip of wireless sensors will be fed by RF signal (by inductive coils). I am now stuck at design for RF to DC regulator (2.5V VDD generation). My charge pump multiplies voltage and provides unregulated DC with small ripples. This DC varies from 0 to upto15v depending on the distance between the transponder and reader.
My CMOS only regulator is supposed to generate steady 2.5V VDD from this input voltage variation. (I have a problem to layout diode with the package I am using, so CMOS only)
Now, it's been almost a month for this design. I’ve decided no more time wasting, but ask to the experts.
Among many IEEE papers I’ve read regarding to this design, I attach this one that has given me the closest result so far.
Only problem (big problem) is the current consumption. This paper originally draws 100uA of the current. I’ve improved it to 70uA, but still too much for my biomedical application.
I am using “On Semiconductor 0.5um Tech (AMI06)” with Cadence.
Isn’t it possible to use less than 10uA with that big and old tech (0.5um)?
Would you introduce me your good ideas or IEEE papers?