A 88%-Peak-Efficiency 10-mV-Voltage-Ripple Dual-Mode Switched-Capacitor DC-DC Converter for Ultra-Low-Power Battery Management

This paper proposes a high-efficiency low-ripple dual-mode switched-capacitor (SC) DC-DC converter for low-power IoT and wearable device applications. A hybrid self-biased current scheme (HSBC) is developed to achieve low output voltage ripple and fast response. Two supply voltage domains of HSBC and clock drive controller circuit are introduced to reduce the power loss of the control circuit. An on-chip ultra-low-power bias circuit is also designed to minimize the power loss of the bias generator. The proposed DC-DC converter is implemented in a 40 nm CMOS process. Post-layout simulation results show that the converter realizes 1.6-1.8 V to 0.4 V conversion. The peak efficiency is up to 88% at
$5\ \mu\mathrm{A}$
, and the voltage ripple is less than 10 mV over a load range of 10 nA-
$10\ \mu\mathrm{A}$
. The response time of the converter is less than
$15\ \mu\mathrm{s}$
.