NDLI: Electrothermal Design Procedure to Observe RF Circuit Power and Linearity Characteristics With a Homodyne Differential Temperature Sensor

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Author	Onabajo, M. Altet, J. Aldrete-Vidrio, E. Mateo, D. Silva-Martinez, J.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	The focus in this paper is on the extraction of RF circuit performance characteristics from the dc output of an on-chip temperature sensor. Any RF input signal can be applied to excite the circuit under examination because only dissipated power levels are measured, which makes this approach attractive for online thermal monitoring and built-in test scenarios. A fully differential sensor topology is introduced that has been specifically designed for the proposed method by constructing it with a wide dynamic range, programmable sensitivity to dc, and RF power dissipation, as well as compatibility with CMOS technology. This paper also presents an outline of a procedure to model the local electrothermal coupling between heat sources and the sensor, which is used to define the temperature sensor's specifications as well as to predict the thermal signature of the circuit under test. A prototype chip with an RF amplifier and temperature sensor was fabricated in a conventional 0.18-μm CMOS technology. The proposed concepts were validated by correlating RF measurements at 1 GHz with the measured dc voltage output of the on-chip sensor and the simulation results, demonstrating that the RF power dissipation can be monitored and the 1-dB compression point can be estimated with less than 1-dB error. The sensor circuitry occupies a die area of 0.012 mm², which can be shared when several on-chip locations are observed by placement of multiple temperature-sensing parasitic bipolar devices.
Sponsorship	IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
Starting Page	458
Ending Page	469
Page Count	12
File Size	2877038
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15498328
Volume Number	58
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Temperature sensors Temperature measurement Radio frequency Sensitivity System-on-a-chip Couplings radio frequency (RF) power detector CMOS temperature sensor differential temperature sensing electrothermal coupling electrothermal IC design homodyne measurement method low-noise amplifier (LNA) on-chip temperature gradient measurement radio frequency (RF) built-in test (BIT)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hardware and Architecture

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