A 27.6 MHz 297 μW 33 ppm/°C CMOS relaxation oscillator with an adjustable temperature compensation scheme

Abstract

A 27.6 MHz 297 μW relaxation oscillator is presented in this paper by using an 180-nm CMOS technology. The proposed oscillator employs an adjustable temperature compensation feedforward scheme, in which the charging current can be set steady by a four-bit digital trimming signal. We have demonstrated a frequency variation lower than 33.5 ppm/°C which could be close to 0 ppm/°C in theory if the precision is high enough. In practical production, it is effective to calibrate the mismatching and deviation of fabrication because of the novel adjustable temperature compensation scheme.