A 0.18-m CMOS Fully Integrated 0.76 GHz PLL-Based Complex Dielectric Spectroscopy System Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2014 IEEE. A fully-integrated sensing system utilizes a ring oscillator-based phase locked loop (PLL) for wideband complex dielectric spectroscopy of materials under test (MUT). Characterization of both real and imaginary MUT permittivity is achieved with frequency-shift measurements between a sensing oscillator, with a frequency that varies with MUT-induced changes in capacitance and conductance of a delay-cell load, and an amplitude-locked loop (ALL)-controlled MUT-insensitive reference oscillator. Fabricated in 0.18-m CMOS, the 0.7-6 GHz spectroscopy system occupies 6.25 mm2 area and achieves 3.7% maximum permittivity error.

name of conference

  • Proceedings of the IEEE 2014 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of the IEEE 2014 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference

author list (cited authors)

  • Elhadidy, O., Shakib, S., Krenek, K., Palermo, S., & Entesari, K.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • Elhadidy, Osama||Shakib, Sherif||Krenek, Keith||Palermo, Samuel||Entesari, Kamran

publication date

  • January 2014