학술논문

Super-Cutoff Analog Building Blocks for pW/Stage Operation and Demonstration of 78-pW Battery-Less Light-Harvested Wake-Up Receiver down to Moonlight
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits) VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI Technology and Circuits), 2023 IEEE Symposium on. :1-2 Jun, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Current mirrors
Photovoltaic cells
Very large scale integration
Light fidelity
Optical receivers
Transistors
Optical sensors
amplifiers
harvesting
super-cutoff
wake-up receiver
Language
ISSN
2158-9682
Abstract
Techniques to lower power in analog and sensor interfaces well below regular transistor leakage $(\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{G}\mathrm{S}}=0\mathrm{V})$ are introduced. The proposed circuit techniques enable $\sim$pW power in super-cutoff $(\mathrm{V}_{\mathrm{G}\mathrm{S}}\lt 0\mathrm{V})$ building blocks from current mirrors to OTAs, pseudo-resistors and bias. A LiFi optical wake-up receiver with 78-pW power is demonstrated with continuous operation solely powered by an unregulated 1-mm2 solar cell down to llux (moonlight).