Implementation of On-Chip Temperature Sensors

An accurate, small, low-power CMOS temperature sensor for on-chip thermal monitoring will be
designed and analyzed in this project. The temperature sensor utilizes the temperature
characteristics of the threshold voltage of a MOS transistor to sense temperature and is quite
linear over the in-temperature range (-20C, 100°C). In this project some alternative temperature
sensor architectures will be analyzed during an evaluation study and the results will be
compared.

An accurate, small, low-power CMOS temperature sensor for on-chip thermal monitoring will be
designed and analyzed in this project. The temperature sensor utilizes the temperature
characteristics of the threshold voltage of a MOS transistor to sense temperature and is quite
linear over the in-temperature range (-20C, 100°C).
In this project some alternative temperature sensor architectures will be analyzed during an
evaluation study and the results will be compared. The circuits will be designed under required
performance constraints of minimal power, layout area, signal cross talks and noise reduction
using advanced IC technologies. The students will be responsible for the circuit requirements,
analysis and specifications definition, focusing on the readout noise performance. Circuit design
and simulations and analog layout will be done using Cadence tools.