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A 99.95% Current Efficient Temperature Invariant All-in-One Reference Circuit on Flexible Substrate

  • Zhenhan Wang*
  • , Dipesh C. Monga
  • , Kari Halonen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
    • Aalto University

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

    Abstract

    This work presents a sub-100 nW all-in-one voltage and current reference circuit implemented using 600 nm indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) thin-film transistor (TFT) on a flexible substrate. The proposed design integrates both voltage and current references into a single, simple, and compact architecture. By employing NMOS-only devices with negative feedback, the circuit achieves temperature compensation over a temperature range from 10 °C to 100 °C through a stabilized zero temperature coefficient (ZTC) bias point, enhancing the temperature coefficients (TCs). Simulation results demonstrate that the circuit provides a stable reference current of 78.14 nA and a reference voltage of 1.153 V at room temperature (27 °C), with TCs of 99.6 ppm/°C and 263.6 ppm/°C, respectively. The line sensitivities (LS) are 1.276%/V for the current reference and 0.319%/V for the voltage reference over a supply voltage range from 1.5 V to 5 V making it suitable for integration into both flexible electronics and even conventional Si-based CMOS circuits. The circuit achieves a current efficiency of 99.95% and occupies an area of 0.0183

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationISCAS 2025 - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
    PublisherIEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-5683-0
    ISBN (Print)979-8-3503-5684-7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2025
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
    Event2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2025 - London, United Kingdom
    Duration: 25 May 2025 → 28 May 2025

    Publication series

    SeriesIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
    ISSN0271-4310

    Conference

    Conference2025 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2025
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityLondon
    Period25/05/25 → 28/05/25

    Funding

    This work is supported by Academy of Finland projects BL-SPIN (grant 13364029-1).

    Keywords

    • all-in-one reference
    • current reference
    • IGZO TFT
    • NMOS-only
    • thermal compensation
    • ultra-low-power
    • voltage reference

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