A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) capacitance to digital converter (CDC) for Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) capacitive pressure sensors, that is functional over a wide temperature range from −55 °C to 225 °C.
The proposed circuit uses a sigma–delta technique to convert the input ratio between sensor and reference capacitors into a digital output.
Simulation results show that the circuit has better than 0.03% accuracy between −55 °C and 225 °C.
Experimental results show it has good temperature stability, resolution of 1.44fF, and accuracy of 2.4% between −20 °C and 225 °C.