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A High-Precision and Low-Power Capacitive Pressure Sensor Interface IC With Wireless Power and Data Transfer for a Pressure Sensor Implant
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 23(7):7105-7114 Apr, 2023
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Wireless sensor networks
Wireless communication
Capacitance
Temperature measurement
Pressure sensors
Modulation
Temperature sensors
Analog front end (AFE)
bandgap reference (BGR)
delta-sigma ADC
low-dropout regulator (LDO)
RC oscillator
rectifier (Rct)
sampling
SC op-amp
switched capacitor (SC)
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
This article presents a system-on-a-chip (SoC) for pressure sensors in 180-nm CMOS technology. It can interface with a capacitive pressure sensor with an inductive wireless power supply and data transmission via load-shift keying (LSK). It integrates an analog front end (AFE), bandgap references (BGRs), delta-sigma ADC, I2C, RC oscillator, low-dropout regulators (LDOs), shorting control switches, and full-bridge rectifier (Rct). An external coil receives wireless power, which is rectified and regulated to 1.8 V by the full-bridge Rct and LDOs. The AFE samples the capacitance change of the pressure sensor to a voltage that is converted into 19-bit digital data by the delta-sigma ADC, which is then converted into 43 Hz per sample serial data by the I2C block. A temperature sensor is included, and 19-bit measurements are transmitted in serial with capacitance data. Serial data are transmitted wirelessly using LSK. This SoC has a measured accuracy of 1 mmHg between 575- and 900-mmHg absolute with a wireless power supply and wireless data transfer.