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A Low-Power-Consumption Capacitance to Digital Converter with Novel Calibration Technology

  • Xiwen Zhu*
  • , Yufeng Zhang
  • , Xiaoming Teng
  • , Yihan Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Currently, capacitive sensors are extensively applied in environmental monitoring, medical equipment, automotive electronics, and so on. However, conventional capacitive sensor readout circuits based on analog to digital converter (ADC) architecture have a high power consumption and lack the self-calibration function. This paper presents a low power consumption capacitance to digital converter (CDC) circuit with calibration. The circuit can achieve a high-precision monitoring for capacitive sensors with low-frequency variation. The detectable capacitance range is 0pF to 5pF. The simulated maximum absolute error of CDC is 26.3fF. The application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is fabricated in 180nm CMOS process. The chip area is 1.4mm×1.05mm. Experimental results demonstrate that the measured absolute error is less than 0.1pF.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 IEEE 16th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2025
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798331539177
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE 16th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2025 - Kunming, China
Duration: 21 Oct 202524 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference on ASIC
ISSN (Print)2162-7541
ISSN (Electronic)2162-755X

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE 16th International Conference on ASIC, ASICON 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityKunming
Period21/10/2524/10/25

Keywords

  • CDC
  • Calibration
  • Low power consumption
  • Sensor readout

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