Table 3 Comparison table of On-chip solar cells
From: On-chip solar power source for self-powered smart microsensors in bulk CMOS process
Reference | This work | |||||||
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Process | 0.35 μm Bulk CMOS | 0.18 μm Bulk CMOS | 0.18 μm Bulk CMOS | 0.18 μm CMOS | 0.25 μm CMOS | 0.18μm Bulk CMOS | 0.18 μm Bulk CMOS | |
Technical Features | NW with p+ fingers | Backside-illuminated | Triple-well | Triple-well | Two photodiodes in series | IBC-PVs | Triple-well (Device I) | Triple-well Segmentation & metal optimization (Device II) |
Light source | Green laser (532 nm) | Laser (980 nm) | White LED | Halogen lamp | Laser (830 nm) | 980 nm illumination | Solar simulator | Solar simulator |
Incident light intensity | 34.2 μW | 5 mW | 31 klux | 1.13 mW/mm2 | 79.45 μW/mm2 | 1 mW | 1 mW/mm2 | 1 mW/mm2 |
Footprint Area (mm2) | 0.000338 | 1.52 | 0.0136 | 1.3 | 0.2 + 1.3a | N/A | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Voc (V) | 0.533 | 0.6 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.8a | N/A | 0.49 | 0.495 |
Isc (μA) | 0.23 | 3826 | 0.92 | 750 | 6.24a | N/A | 5.72 | 6.72 |
Pout (μW) | 0.076b | 1668.9 | N/A | 322 | 4.17a | N/A | 2.195 | 2.58 |
FF | 0.62 | 0.73 | N/A | 0.81 | 0.84a | N/A | 0.78 | 0.78 |
Eff. (%) | 24 | 33.37 | N/A | 21.9 | 3.5a | 20.33 | 21.95 | 25.79 |