Energy harvesting microsystems based on the QFG MOS transistors

Author

Lopez-Martin, Antonio ; Orradre, Daniel ; Garde, M. Pilar ; Sanchis, Pablo ; Gubia, Eugenio ; Perez, Gurutze ; Astrain, David ; Ramirez-Angulo, Jaime

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Public Univ. of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

fYear

2015

fDate

10-13 June 2015

Firstpage

2035

Lastpage

2039

Abstract

Feasibility of the Quasi Floating Gate (QFG) MOSFET to implement the electronic circuits required in Energy Harvesting or Energy Scavenging microsystems is addressed. Its application in analog circuits allows energy-efficient low-voltage and class AB operation with quiescent currents much lower than the dynamic currents. When it is applied to CMOS digital logic, it allows subthreshold operation with modest performance degradation. Simulation and measurement results of various circuits are presented, validating in practice the proposed techniques.

Keywords

CMOS logic circuits; MOSFET; energy harvesting; CMOS digital logic; QFG MOS transistors; analog circuits; class AB operation; dynamic currents; electronic circuits; energy harvesting microsystem; energy scavenging microsystem; low-voltage operation; quasi floating gate MOSFET; subthreshold operation; Batteries; CMOS integrated circuits; Energy harvesting; Inverters; Logic gates; MOSFET; CMOS digital logic; Class AB amplifiers; Energy harvesting; Quasi-Floating Gate Transistor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7992-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEIC.2015.7165488

Filename

7165488