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Block diagram of the readout circuit.
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Tao Yin, Chong Zhang, Huanming Wu, Qisong Wu, Haigang Yang. A 97 dB dynamic range CSA-based readout circuit with analog temperature compensation for MEMS capacitive sensors[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2013, 34(11): 115005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/11/115005
T Yin, C Zhang, H M Wu, Q S Wu, H G Yang. A 97 dB dynamic range CSA-based readout circuit with analog temperature compensation for MEMS capacitive sensors[J]. J. Semicond., 2013, 34(11): 115005. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/11/115005.
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A 97 dB dynamic range CSA-based readout circuit with analog temperature compensation for MEMS capacitive sensors
doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/11/115005
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Abstract
This paper presents a charge-sensitive-amplifier (CSA) based readout circuit for capacitive micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) sensors. A continuous-time (CT) readout structure using the chopper technique is adopted to cancel the low frequency noise and improve the resolution of the readout circuits. An operational trans-conductance amplifier (OTA) structure with an auxiliary common-mode-feedback-OTA is proposed in the fully differential CSA to suppress the chopper modulation induced disturbance at the OTA input terminal. An analog temperature compensation method is proposed, which adjusts the chopper signal amplitude with temperature variation to compensate the temperature drift of the CSA readout sensitivity. The chip is designed and implemented in a 0.35 μm CMOS process and is 2.1×2.1 mm2 in area. The measurement shows that the readout circuit achieves 0.9 aF/$\sqrt {{\rm{Hz}}}$ capacitive resolution, 97 dB dynamic range in 100 Hz signal bandwidth, and 0.8 mV/fF sensitivity with a temperature drift of 35 ppm/℃ after optimized compensation. -
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