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YearPublicationAuthorTitleDOITime-constantArchitectureTechnology [nm]Area [mm^2]Frequency [Hz]Power [W]Supply Voltage [V]Supply Current [A]FoM [nW/kHz]T Variation (pp) [ppm]T Var. Range Min. [C]T Var. Range Max. [C]Residual TC [ppm/C]# of Trim Points# of Samples
Supply Variation (pp) [%]
Supply Var. Range Max. [V]
Supply Var. Range Min. [V]
Supply Coef. [%/V]
Period Jitter [ps]
Allan Deviation Floor [ppm]Notes
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2004ISCAS
Vilas Boas, A. and Olmos, A.
A temperature compensated digitally trimmable on-chip IC oscillator with low voltage inhibit capability10.1109/ISCAS.2004.1328241RCRelaxation5000.1901.16E+074.00E-043.31.21E-0434.4850000-40125303.03#N/A31.6005.530.640#N/A#N/A
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2006ISCAS
Paavola, M. and Laiho, M. and Saukoski, M. and Halonen, K.
A 3 μW 2 MHz CMOS Frequency Reference for Capacitive Sensor Applications10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693602RCRelaxation1300.0152.00E+063.00E-06#N/A#N/A1.5050000-3585416.67#N/A14.5002.51.86.4292000.00#N/A
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2007JSSC
McCorquodale, Michael S. and O'Day, Justin D. and Pernia, Scott M. and Carichner, Gordon A. and Kubba, Sundus and Brown, Richard B.
A Monolithic and Self-Referenced RF LC Clock Generator Compliant With USB 2.010.1109/JSSC.2006.883337LCOpen-loop TC LCO3500.2201.20E+073.14E-023.39.52E-032616.67798-10858.401#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A6.78#N/A
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2008ISSCC
McCorquodale, Michael S. and Pernia, Scott M. and O'Day, Justin D. and Carichner, Gordy and Marsman, Eric and Nguyen, Nam and Kubba, Sundus and Nguyen, Si and Kuhn, Jon and Brown, Richard B.
A 0.5-to-480MHz Self-Referenced CMOS Clock Generator with 90ppm Total Frequency Error and Spread-Spectrum Capability10.1109/ISSCC.2008.4523201LCOpen-loop TC LCO2502.2502.40E+074.95E-022.51.98E-022062.501200701.711#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A6.50#N/A
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2008TCASI
McCorquodale, Michael S. and Carichner, Gordon A. and O'Day, Justin D. and Pernia, Scott M. and Kubba, Sundus and Marsman, Eric D. and Kuhn, Jonathan J. and Brown, Richard B.
A 25-MHz Self-Referenced Solid-State Frequency Source Suitable for XO-Replacement10.1109/TCSI.2009.2016133LCOpen-loop TC LCO250#N/A2.50E+075.94E-023.31.80E-022376.00150-20701.671#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A2.75#N/A
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2009ESSCIRC
Ueno, Ken and Asai, Tetsuya and Amemiya, Yoshihito
A 30-MHz, 90-ppm/°C fully-integrated clock reference generator with frequency-locked loop10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5325940RCFLL3500.0803.00E+071.80E-041.81.00E-046.0010800-2010090.00#N/A206.0003.31.84.000#N/A#N/A
Temperature coefficient only includes worst-case. temperature variation. Inaccuracy due to process has been cited as 2.7%.
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2009VLSI
Lee, Junghyup and Cho, SeongHwan
A 10MHz 80μW 67 ppm/°C CMOS reference clock oscillator with a temperature compensated feedback loop in 0.18μm CMOSIEEEXploreRCFLL1800.2201.00E+078.00E-051.26.67E-118.008000-2012057.14#N/A10.10031.20.056#N/A#N/A
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2009ISSCC
Choe, Kunil and Bernal, Olivier D. and Nuttman, David and Je, Minkyu
A precision relaxation oscillator with a self-clocked offset-cancellation scheme for implantable biomedical SoCs10.1109/ISSCC.2009.4977478RCRelaxation1300.0301.25E+077.00E-051.25.83E-055.60#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A
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2009JSSC
Sebastiano, Fabio and Breems, Lucien J. and Makinwa, Kofi A. A. and Drago, Salvatore and Leenaerts, Domine M. W. and Nauta, Bram
A Low-Voltage Mobility-Based Frequency Reference for Crystal-Less ULP Radios10.1109/JSSC.2009.2020247RCRelaxation650.1071.00E+054.12E-051.23.43E-05411.6021589-2085205.611110.1001.121.390.37052000.00#N/A
MOS-C based reference
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2009ESSCIRC
De Smedt, Valentijn and Dehaene, Wim and Gielen, Georges
A 0.4-1.4V 24MHz fully integrated 33µW, 104ppm/V supply-independent oscillator for RFIDs10.1109/ESSCIRC.2009.5325966RCWien Bridge1300.0302.40E+073.30E-05#N/A#N/A1.38#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A120.0101.40.40.010#N/A#N/A
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2009JSSC
De Smedt, Valentijn and De Wit, Pieter and Vereecken, Wim and Steyaert, Michiel S. J.
A 66 μW 86 ppm/∘C Fully-Integrated 6 MHz Wienbridge Oscillator With a 172 dB Phase Noise FOM10.1109/JSSC.2009.2021914RCWien Bridge650.0306.00E+066.60E-05#N/A#N/A11.008610010086.10#N/A5#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A
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2010JSSC
Tokunaga, Yusuke and Sakiyama, Shiro and Matsumoto, Akinori and Dosho, Shiro
An On-Chip CMOS Relaxation Oscillator With Voltage Averaging Feedback10.1109/JSSC.2010.2048732RCFLL1800.0401.40E+074.50E-051.82.50E-053.213800-4012523.03#N/A10.3201.91.71.60030.00#N/A
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2010TCASIDenier, UrsAnalysis and Design of an Ultralow-Power CMOS Relaxation Oscillator10.1109/TCSI.2010.2041504RCRelaxation3500.1003.30E+031.10E-0811.10E-083.3335000070500.00#N/A165.2502.513.500#N/A#N/A
MOS-C based reference
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2010JSSC
Kashmiri, S. Mahdi and Pertijs, Michiel A. P. and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A Thermal-Diffusivity-Based Frequency Reference in Standard CMOS With an Absolute Inaccuracy of ±0.1% From −55 ∘C to 125 ∘C10.1109/JSSC.2010.2076343TDFLL7006.7501.60E+067.80E-0351.56E-034875.002000-5512511.11116#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A312.00#N/A
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2011ASSCC
De Smedt, Valentijn and Gielen, Georges and Dehaene, Wim
A 0.6V to 1.6V, 46μW voltage and temperature independent 48 MHz pulsed LC oscillator for RFID tags10.1109/ASSCC.2011.6123616LCOpen-loop TC LCO1302.6254.73E+074.60E-051.14.18E-050.9712880-4010092.00#N/A#N/A0.0461.60.60.046#N/A#N/A
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2012IFCS
Sinoussi, N. and Hamed, A. and Essam, M. and El-Kholy, A. and Hassanein, A. and Saeed, M. and Helmy, A. and Ahmed, A.
A single LC tank self-compensated CMOS oscillator with frequency stability of ±100ppm from −40°C to 85°C10.1109/FCS.2012.6243676LCOpen-loop TC LCO180#N/A2.50E+072.31E-023.37.00E-03924.00200-40851.601#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A2.80#N/A
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2012CICC
Shrivastava, Aatmesh and Calhoun, Benton H.
A 150nW, 5ppm/°C, 100kHz On-Chip clock source for ultra low power SoCs10.1109/CICC.2012.6330699RCFLL1300.2501.00E+051.00E-061.19.09E-0710.00700207014.00101#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A
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2012VLSI
Tokairin, Takashi and Nose, Koichi and Takeda, Koichi and Noguchi, Koichiro and Maeda, Tadashi and Kawai, Kazuyoshi and Mizuno, Masayuki
A 280nW, 100kHz, 1-cycle start-up time, on-chip CMOS relaxation oscillator employing a feedforward period control scheme10.1109/VLSIC.2012.6243767RCRelaxation900.1201.00E+052.80E-070.83.50E-072.8013601-4090104.62#N/A1#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A
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2012VLSIHsiao, Keng-JanA 32.4 ppm/°C 3.2-1.6V self-chopped relaxation oscillator with adaptive supply generation10.1109/VLSIC.2012.6243766RCRelaxation600.0483.28E+044.48E-061.62.80E-06136.722000-2010016.67#N/A#N/A0.2003.21.60.125#N/A#N/A
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2012JSSC
Kashmiri, S. Mahdi and Souri, Kamran and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A Scaled Thermal-Diffusivity-Based 16 MHz Frequency Reference in 0.16 µm CMOS10.1109/JSSC.2012.2191043TDFLL1600.5001.60E+072.10E-031.81.17E-03131.252000-5512511.11124#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A45.00#N/A
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2013JSSC
Ates, Erdogan Ozgur and Ergul, Atilim and Aksin, Devrim Yilmaz
Fully Integrated Frequency Reference With 1.7 ppm Temperature Accuracy Within 0–80°C10.1109/JSSC.2013.2280052LCOpen-loop TC LCO3505.0405.20E+071.43E-022.55.70E-03274.0420800.0216#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A3.20#N/A
Power figure only includes the oscillator. Additional power is: prescaler @ 51mW and 50Ohm driver @ 114mW
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2013TCASII
Shih, Yi-Chun and Otis, Brian
An On-Chip Tunable Frequency Generator for Crystal-Less Low-Power WBAN Radio10.1109/TCSII.2013.2251938RCFLL1300.3104.00E+083.25E-041.22.71E-040.811340254567.00#N/A10.0461.41.20.230#N/A#N/A
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2013ASSCC
Zhang, Xuan and Brooks, David and Wei, Gu-Yeon
A 20μW 10MHz relaxation oscillator with adaptive bias and fast self-calibration in 40nm CMOS for micro-aerial robotics application10.1109/ASSCC.2013.6691075RCRelaxation400.0171.00E+072.00E-053.75.41E-062.00#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A1.2004.131.0918.70#N/A
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2013ESSCIRC
Tsubaki, Keishi and Hirose, Tetsuya and Kuroki, Nobutaka and Numa, Masahiro
A 32.55-kHz, 472-nW, 120ppm/°C, fully on-chip, variation tolerant CMOS relaxation oscillator for a real-time clock application10.1109/ESSCIRC.2013.6649136RCRelaxation1800.1203.26E+044.72E-0714.72E-0714.5016800-40100120.00#N/A200.8801.811.100#N/A#N/A
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2013ISSCC
Paidimarri, Arun and Griffith, Danielle and Wang, Alice and Chandrakasan, Anantha P. and Burra, Gangadhar
A 120nW 18.5kHz RC oscillator with comparator offset cancellation for ±0.25% temperature stability10.1109/ISSCC.2013.6487692RCRelaxation650.0321.85E+041.20E-0711.20E-076.495000-409038.46#N/A1#N/A#N/A#N/A1.000#N/A8
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2013ISSCC
Cao, Ying and Leroux, Paul and De Cock, Wouter and Steyaert, Michiel
A 63,000 Q-factor relaxation oscillator with switched-capacitor integrated error feedback10.1109/ISSCC.2013.6487693RCRelaxation650.0101.26E+079.84E-051.28.20E-057.8116400080205.00#N/A#N/A0.1401.11.50.350#N/A#N/A
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2013TCASII
Chiang, Yu-Hsuan and Liu, Shen-Iuan
A Submicrowatt 1.1-MHz CMOS Relaxation Oscillator With Temperature Compensation10.1109/TCSII.2013.2281920RCRelaxation1800.0751.10E+068.59E-071.84.77E-070.786430-208064.30#N/A43.6001.22.43.000#N/A#N/A
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2014ASSCC
Lam, Yat-Hei and Kim, Seong-Jin
A 16.6μW 32.8MHz monolithic CMOS relaxation oscillator10.1109/ASSCC.2014.7008885RCRelaxation1800.0133.28E+071.67E-051.51.11E-050.5116750-4085134.00#N/A10.5463.61.50.260#N/A#N/A
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2014ISSCC
Griffith, Danielle and Røine, Per Torstein and Murdock, James and Smith, Ryan
A 190nW 33kHz RC oscillator with ±0.21% temperature stability and 4ppm long-term stability10.1109/ISSCC.2014.6757443RCRelaxation650.0153.28E+041.90E-07#N/A#N/A5.804200-209038.18#N/A50.0271.451.150.090#N/A4
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2015ISSCC
Lee, Junghyup and Park, Pyoungwon and Cho, SeongHwan and Je, Minkyu
A 4.7MHz 53μW fully differential CMOS reference clock oscillator with −22dB worst-case PSNR for miniaturized SoCs10.1109/ISSCC.2015.7062948RCFLL1800.0864.70E+065.30E-051.43.79E-0511.286999-4012542.42#N/A50.4003.31.40.21189.00#N/A
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2015VLSI
Choi, Myungjoon and Bang, Suyoung and Jang, Tae-Kwang and Blaauw, David and Sylvester, Dennis
A 99nW 70.4kHz resistive frequency locking on-chip oscillator with 27.4ppm/ºC temperature stability10.1109/VLSIC.2015.7231271RCFLL1800.2607.04E+049.94E-08#N/A#N/A1.413288-408027.40#N/A1#N/A#N/A#N/A0.500#N/A7
1 sample reported for temperature variation, 5 samples for voltage variation
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2015JSSC
Jeong, Seokhyeon and Lee, Inhee and Blaauw, David and Sylvester, Dennis
A 5.8 nW CMOS Wake-Up Timer for Ultra-Low-Power Wireless Applications10.1109/JSSC.2015.2413133RCRelaxation1800.240115.80E-091.24.83E-09527.274500-109045.00#N/A51.0001.22.21.000#N/A70
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2016ISSCC
Jang, Taekwang and Choi, Myungjoon and Jeong, Seokhyeon and Bang, Suyoung and Sylvester, Dennis and Blaauw, David
A 4.7nW 13.8ppm/°C self-biased wakeup timer using a switched-resistor scheme10.1109/ISSCC.2016.7417927RCFLL1800.5003.00E+034.70E-09#N/A#N/A1.571449-208513.80#N/A10.2641.40.850.480#N/A60
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2016ESSCIRC
Asano, H. and Hirose, T. and Tsubaki, K. and Miyoshi, T. and Ozaki, T. and Kuroki, N. and Numa, M
A 1.66-nW/kHz, 32.7-kHz, 99.5ppm/°C fully integrated current-mode RC oscillator for real-time clock applications with PVT stability10.1109/ESSCIRC.2016.7598264RCRelaxation1800.1903.27E+045.42E-08#N/A#N/A1.6611940-408099.50#N/A#N/A0.8901.850.850.890168500.00#N/A
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2016ISSCC
Lee, Junghyup and George, Arup and Je, Minkyu
A 1.4V 10.5MHz swing-boosted differential relaxation oscillator with 162.1dBc/Hz FOM and 9.86psrms period jitter in 0.18µm CMOS10.1109/ISSCC.2016.7417929RCRelaxation1800.0151.05E+072.20E-041.41.57E-0420.9521920-40120137.00#N/A153.5201.42.24.400#N/A#N/A
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2017JSSC
Zhang, Guoqiang and Yayama, Kosuke and Katsushima, Akio and Miki, Takahiro
A 3.2 ppm/°C Second-Order Temperature Compensated CMOS On-Chip Oscillator Using Voltage Ratio Adjusting Technique10.1109/JSSC.2017.2772808RCFLL1800.1702.40E+073.59E-041.81.99E-0414.941757-4012510.6532000.01551.80.005#N/A#N/A
Power conusmption number derived from the minimum supply voltage (1.8) and the current efficiency number presented in the related VLSI publication. Temperature coefficient derived from mu + 3*sigma, presented as the wafer level measurements. Measurement results for wafer level measurements not presented in the paper.
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2018JSSC
Gürleyük, Çağrı and Pedalà, Lorenzo and Pan, Sining and Sebastiano, Fabio and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A CMOS Dual-RC Frequency Reference With ±200-ppm Inaccuracy From −45 °C to 85 °C10.1109/JSSC.2018.2869083RCFLL1801.5907.00E+067.75E-041.84.31E-04110.71325-45852.50280.05421.70.18022.000.33
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2018CICC
Lu, Shao-Yung and Liao, Yu-Te
A 46μW, 8.2MHz self-threshold-tracking differential relaxation oscillator with 7.66psrms period jitter and 1.56ppm allan deviation floor10.1109/CICC.2018.8357092RCRelaxation1800.0288.20E+062.75E-050.753.67E-053.3514760-20100123.00#N/A201.8200.950.759.1007.661.56
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2019SSCL
Meng, Xiaodong and Li, Xing and Cheng, Lin and Tsui, Chi-Ying and Ki, Wing-Hung
A Low-Power Relaxation Oscillator With Switched-Capacitor Frequency-Locked Loop for Wireless Sensor Node Applications10.1109/LSSC.2019.2952901RCFLL1800.0536.00E+052.20E-06#N/A#N/A3.678277-4512548.69#N/A30.1013.31.10.0461560.00#N/A
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2019JSSC
Liu, Ningxi and Agarwala, Rishika and Dissanayake, Anjana and Truesdell, Daniel S. and Kamineni, Sumanth and Calhoun, Benton H.
A 2.5 ppm/°C 1.05-MHz Relaxation Oscillator With Dynamic Frequency-Error Compensation and Fast Start-Up Time10.1109/JSSC.2019.2911208RCRelaxation650.0511.05E+066.90E-05#N/A#N/A65.71301-15554.30#N/A1#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A160.00#N/A
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2020ISCAS
Chang, Sheng-Kai and Tsai, Zhi-Ting and Cheng, Kuang-Wei
A 250 kHz Resistive Frequency-Locked On-Chip Oscillator with 24.7 ppm/°C Temperature Stability and 2.73 ppm Long-Term Stability
10.1109/ISCAS45731.2020.9181058
RCFLL1800.3042.50E+052.93E-07#N/A#N/A1.173211-409024.70#N/A5#N/A#N/A#N/A0.640#N/A2.73
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2021JSSC
Delke, Alexander S. and Annema, Anne-Johan and Alink, Mark S. Oude and Jin, Yanyu and Verlinden, Jos and Nauta, Bram
A Single-Trim Frequency Reference Achieving ±120 ppm Accuracy From −50 °C to 170 °C10.1109/JSSC.2021.3090682LCLC + RO1300.2601.38E+094.25E-032.51.70E-033.08220-501701.001#N/A#N/A#N/A#N/A0.0220.50#N/A
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2021CICC
Park, Kyu-Sang and Khashaba, Amr and Abdelrahman, Ahmed and Li, Yongxin and Wang, Tianyu and Xia, Ruhao and Pal, Nilanjan and Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar
A second-order temperature compensated 1μW/MHz 100MHz RC oscillator with ±140ppm inaccuracy from -40°C to 95°C10.1109/CICC51472.2021.9431420RCFLL650.1901.00E+081.01E-041.28.42E-051.01280-40952.073200.0002.51.10.00013.301.6
Power supply sensitivity enhanced w. an LDO.
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2021ISSCC
Jiang, Hui and Pan, Sining and Gürleyük, Çağrı and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A 0.14mm2 16MHz CMOS RC Frequency Reference with a 1-Point Trimmed Inaccuracy of ±400ppm from -45°C to 85°C
10.1109/ISSCC42613.2021.9365795
RCFLL1800.1401.60E+071.58E-041.88.80E-059.90800-45856.151180.08021.60.20010.200.35
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2022CICC
Li, Yongxin and Pal, Nilanjan and Wang, Tianyu and Ahmed, Mostafa Gamal and Abdelrahman, Ahmed and Younis, Mohamed Badr and Xia, Ruhao and Park, Kyu-Sang and Kumar Hanumolu, Pavan
A 20µs turn-on time, 24kHz resolution, 1.5-100MHz digitally programmable temperature-compensated clock generator with 7.5ppm/°C inaccuracy
10.1109/CICC53496.2022.9772819RCFLL650.0721.33E+085.60E-041.2#N/A1.406000807.5026#N/A#N/A#N/A0.0013.504.2
Power efficiency number reported for 400MHz output. Period jitter number reported for 133MHz.
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2022JSSC
Gürleyük, Çağrı and Pan, Sining and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A 16 MHz CMOS RC Frequency Reference With ±90 ppm Inaccuracy From −45 °C to 85 °C10.1109/JSSC.2022.3142662RCFLL1800.3001.60E+072.20E-041.81.22E-0413.75180-45851.382200.04821.60.12039.900.32
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2022JSSC
Khashaba, Amr and Zhu, Junheng and Pal, Nilanjan and Ahmed, Mostafa Gamal and Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar
A 32-MHz, 34-μW Temperature-Compensated RC Oscillator Using Pulse Density Modulated Resistors10.1109/JSSC.2021.3121014RCFLL650.1803.20E+073.40E-051.22.83E-051.061050-40858.40260.0002.31.10.00022.302.5
Power supply sensitivity enhanced w. an LDO, 900ppm/V reported without the LDO.
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2022JSSC
Choi, Woojun and Angevare, Jan and Park, Injun and Makinwa, Kofi A. A. and Chae, Youngcheol
A 0.9-V 28-MHz Highly Digital CMOS Dual-RC Frequency Reference With ±200 ppm Inaccuracy From −40 °C to 85 °C10.1109/JSSC.2021.3135939RCFLL650.0602.80E+071.42E-040.91.58E-045.07320-40852.562160.0010.851.050.2907.002
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2023JSSC
Delke, Alexander S. and Hoen, Thomas J. and Annema, Anne-Johan and Jin, Yanyu and Verlinden, Jos and Nauta, Bram
A Single-Trim Frequency Reference System With 0.7 ppm/°C From −63 °C to 165 °C Consuming 210 μW at 70 MHz10.1109/JSSC.2023.3261600LCLC + RO1300.6907.00E+072.10E-043.36.36E-053.00163-631700.701180.0063.630.00914.5025
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2023JSSC
Pan, Sining and An, Xiaomeng and Yu, Zheru and Jiang, Hui and Makinwa, Kofi A. A.
A Compact 10-MHz RC Frequency Reference With a Versatile Temperature Compensation Scheme10.1109/JSSC.2023.3322307RCFLL1800.0101.00E+078.50E-051.84.72E-058.505600-4512532.9411120.1051.51.80.35041.402.3
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2023JSSC
Park, Kyu-Sang and Pal, Nilanjan and Li, Yongxin and Xia, Ruhao and Wang, Tianyu and Abdelrahman, Ahmed and Hanumolu, Pavan Kumar
A Temperature- and Aging-Compensated RC Oscillator With ±1030-ppm Inaccuracy From40 °C to 85 °C After Accelerated Aging for 500 h at 125 °C
10.1109/JSSC.2023.3320709RCFLL650.2201.00E+081.42E-041.21.18E-041.421540-408512.322140.0281.11.30.1405.108.1
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