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The sensor chip is composed of a temperature-to-current converter to generate a current proportional to the absolute temperature (PTAT), a current controlled oscillator to convert the current to a frequency signal, and a counter as the frequency-to-digital converter. Unlike the conventional linear error calibration method, the nonlinear error of the PTAT current under the low temperature range is fully characterized based on the device model files provided by the foundry. Simulation has been performed, which clearly shows the nonlinear model is much more accurate than the linear model. A nonlinear error calibration method, which requires only two-point calibration, is then proposed. The temperature sensor chip has been designed and fabricated in a 0.13 \u03bcm CMOS process, with a total active die area of 0.0014 mm2. The sensor only draws a 140 nA current from a 1.1 V supply, with the key transistors working in the deep subthreshold region. Measurement results show that the proposed nonlinear calibration can decrease the measurement error from \u22120.9 to +1.1 \u00b0C for the measurement range of \u221260 to +40 \u00b0C, in comparison with the error of \u22121.8 to +5.3 \u00b0C using the conventional linear error calibration.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19081777","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,15]],"date-time":"2019-04-15T11:15:58Z","timestamp":1555326958000},"page":"1777","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["A 0.0014 mm2 150 nW CMOS Temperature Sensor with Nonlinearity Characterization and Calibration for the \u221260 to +40 \u00b0C Measurement Range"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Wendi","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4911-0748","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hanjun","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"}]},{"given":"Zhihua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,4,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"FAO (2013). 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