Low-power MEMS wakeup system
| Patent Number: | 10,481,672 |
| Issued: | 11/19/2019 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | There is provided a near-zero-power wakeup system in which a MEMS sensor for mechanical or acoustic signals is coupled to a very-low-power complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). Power consumption can be minimized by operating the ASIC with sub-threshold gate voltages. |
| Filed: | 2/13/2019 |
| Application Number: | 16/274,455 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |