Voltage Control Ratiometric Readout Technique With Improved Dynamic Range and Power-Efficiency for Open-Loop MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer

Longjie Zhong; Shubin Liu; Donglai Xu; Zhangming Zhu

doi:10.1109/TCSI.2022.3202786

Voltage Control Ratiometric Readout Technique With Improved Dynamic Range and Power-Efficiency for Open-Loop MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer

Longjie Zhong, Shubin Liu, Donglai Xu, Zhangming Zhu

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MEMS capacitive accelerometer for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications is designed with open-loop structure rather than closed-loop structure to achieve low power consumption. In the open-loop structure, voltage control readout technique is preferred for low cost. However, the voltage control readout technique suffers from low dynamic range and low power efficiency (in terms of FoM ). In this paper, the voltage control ratiometric (VCR) readout technique is proposed to improve both dynamic range and power efficiency. The VCR readout technique is demonstrated in a readout circuit fabricated in a commercial 0.18 μ m 1.8V/5.0V CMOS process. Compared to the traditional voltage readout circuit fabricated with the same CMOS process and tested with the same sensing element, the VCR readout circuit improves full input signal range by 3.5dB (from ± 8g to ± 12g ) and the noise floor by 9.5dB (from 804 μ g Hz to 270 μ g Hz ). As a result, the dynamic range is improved by 13.0dB (from 44.0dB to 57.0dB ), the Fo M 1 is improved from 310pJ to 83pJ and the Fo M2 is improved from 1977 μ W μ g/Hz to 796 μ W μ g/Hz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5085-5095
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers
Volume	69
Issue number	12
Early online date	5 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2022.3202786
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant 62021004, Grant 62004035, Grant 62022065, Grant 62090043, and Grant U19A205.

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