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A sub-1V CMOS Instrumentation Amplifier for an AFE Interfacing with Sensors

Neves, F. ; Oliveira, Oliveira, J. ; Oliveira, H.

A sub-1V CMOS Instrumentation Amplifier for an AFE Interfacing with Sensors, Proc IEEE International Young Engineers Forum on Electrical and Computer Engineering YEF-ECE, Conference Online, Vol. , pp. - , July, 2021.

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/YEF-ECE52297.2021.9505076

 

Abstract
This paper presents the design of a low-noise capacitively-coupled instrumentation amplifier with a sub-1V power supply, which is suitable for low-power sensor data acquisition systems. This amplifier is part of an Analog Frontend (AFE) which is implemented in a standard 130nm bulk CMOS technology. Beside the high-impedance input amplifier, the AFE includes a programmable switch-capacitor bandpass filter and a sigma-delta modulator. A chopper modulation technique is implemented to further reduce the flicker noise, with a positive feedback network to compensate the resulting low input impedance. The preliminary post-layout simulated results of the instrumentation amplifier achieves a total power consumption of 2.6μW, with an open loop gain of 87dB and a GBW of 584kHz and with the input referred noise of 4.6μVrms and a NEF value of 4. The maximum CMRR of the amplifier is 101dB and the PSRR minus is greater than 66dB. For a sub 1V power supply, the input frequency range is up to 10 kHz.