Nano CMOS Charge Pump for Readerless RFID PLL

Md Torikul Islam Badal, Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, Mohammad Arif Sobhan Bhuiyan

Abstract


Readerless RFID has become more significant for reliable wireless communication. The Phase Locked Loop (PLLs) are among the most crucial functional blocks in the Readerless RFID where the PLL performance greatly depend on the Charge Pump (CP). Conventional CP circuits suffer from current mismatching characteristics which generate phase offset and spurs in the PLL output signals. In order to overcome these problems, the CP current mismatch has to be minimized. An enhanced CP circuit with zero current mismatch is presented in this article adopting an ideal current mirror technique and an additional inverter to provide a rail-to-rail voltage. The post-layout simulation shows that the proposed CP maintain the steady current over a wide range of output voltage from 0.1-1.8 V consuming the substantially lower power of 0.178 µW. The CP circuit is designed in 130 nm CMOS process that operates at 1.8 V and the core occupies 17 x 59.5 μm2. The proposed CP will be a good solution for low voltage, high-frequency PLL structure which suffers from poor performances.

Keywords


Charge pump; CMOS; Current mismatch; PLL; RFID

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