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technology from seed MagCMOS - Magnetic CMOS Chips Tiago Costa, Moisés S. Piedade (INESC-ID) Filipe A. Cardoso, Paulo P. Freitas (INESC-MN) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 1 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Motivation technology from seed • Magnetoresistive (MR) -based biochips for biomolecular recognition[1] – Biomolecular probes are immobilized in MR sensor chip surface – Magnetic bead is attached to target biomolecule – If target and probe biomolecules are complementary, hybridization occurs – After washing to remove unhybridized biomoleclues, the magnetic bead is magnetized by na external field, and generate fringe fields that are detected by the MR sensors – Femtomolar detection [8] Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 2 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Motivation technology from seed • Magnetoresistive Sensors for neuronal reading [2] – To measure neuronal signals produced by action potential currents created by activation of multiple pyramidal cell bodies Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 3 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Motivation technology from seed • MR sensor based Non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents [3] a) Gold contact PCB Wirebondin g MTJ Chip Al contact MTJ sensor Excitation line 200 µm 100 µm 140 µm Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 4 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Motivation technology from seed • Non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents 50 Lockin Vfield V (Vrms) Vb 40 30 20 10 0 -20 -15 -10 -5 Rp Sensors Field generators 0 5 10 15 20 X (mm) Mock-up Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 5 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Motivation technology from seed • Sensor Front-end Implementations are off-chip Control Board Biomolecular recognition Variable gain amplifier + Filters Current source+Preamplifier Neuronal magnetic reading NDT - Cabling interconnections - Power consumption - Costs Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 6 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Outline technology from seed • MagCMOS - Magnetic CMOS Chips • CMOS Circuits + Magnetoresistive Sensors • Magnetoresistive (MR) Sensors • Spin Valves and Magnetic Tunnel Junctions • CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading and driving • Main Challenges and Proposed Solutions • Integration of MR sensors • Envisaged research applications • Biochips • Neuronal implants • Non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 7 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 MagCMOS - Magnetic CMOS Chips technology from seed • MagCMOS • Thin film MR Sensors • CMOS circuit as substrate • MagCMOS: A practical example • • • • b) Analog Circuit including Driving And reading of MR sensors a) 1 – Microphoto of CMOS chip a) 2 – Closed view of MR sensors Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 8 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 [4] 11-02-2015 Magnetoresistive (MR) Sensors technology from seed • Spin Valves (SV) [5] – – – • Electrical resistance depends on the alignment of the electron spin of two ferromagnetic layers MR~ 7 % Fabricated by INESC-MN. 𝑀𝑅𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝑅𝐻 −𝑅𝐿 𝑅𝐿 % Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 9 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Magnetoresistive (MR) Sensors technology from seed • Magnetic Tunnel Junctions (MTJ) [5] – – – • MTJ effect is based on the spin-dependent tunneling effect, where electrons pass through an insulating barrier between two ferromagnetic electrodes MR up to 200 % Fabricated by INESC-MN 𝑀𝑅𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 = 𝑅𝐻 −𝑅𝐿 𝑅𝐿 % Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 10 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading and driving technology from seed • To develop a CMOS instrumentation circuit for MR biosensors interface • CMOS circuit requirements: – Current source to bias the MR sensors. – Allow the addressing of a wide number of MR sensors (hundreds to thousands). – Pre-amplify, filter, and digitize MR sensor signals – Minimum noise in order to take advantage of high sensitivity of MR sensors. – Minimum power consumption and area in order to increase battery lifetime and decrease system cost. Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 11 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading and driving technology from seed Bandgap core MB dvbg 2 Io di mb RS Vo 2 KF df dio2 = 4KT g mB g 2mb 2 3 WB LBCOX f 2 Voltage noise density V/sqrt(Hz) • DC Current Source 2 x 10 -6 dV ,W*L=2000 m 2 O 1.5 dV ,W*L=20 m2 1 O dVR S 0.5 0 -1 10 10 0 10 1 2 10 10 Frequency (Hz) 3 10 4 10 5 2 dvo2 = dio2 R S2 dvRS Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 12 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading and driving technology from seed • New DC current source using chopper modulation [6] k 1 dvamp Bandgap Core dim2 2 2 M2 M3 VREF dvbg 2 dvm1 2 R M1 dVRS Io RS dir 2 RREF di 2 o 2 dvamp 2 RREF dir2ref dim3 2 2 Vo dirref 2 2 dvo2 = dio2 R S2 dvRS Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 13 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading and driving technology from seed • MR Sensor Addressing [7] vMEAS IS SWr1 SWrm VE SWcn SWcn RS11 RS1n RSm1 RSmn V1 + V2 AV VS SWci IS RSij VDD VDD M1c1 RSW V V V2 VE SW 1 IS IS IS 1 SELc1 SWc1 SELc1 M1cn SELcn M2c1 SWcn SELcn + M2cn M3c1 M3cn Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 14 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology Envisaged Research Applications from seed • DC+AC Current Biasing – DC+AC Current for MR Sensors biasing, plus pre-amplification – 32 MR sensors in 4 blocks of 8 sensors – 3rd order band-pass filter to remove unwanted frequency components Electric signal components f3 f4 Signal w/ magnetic component (information) Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 15 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology Envisaged Research Applications from seed • DC+AC Current Biasing VDD +Amp+Filter Filter Current Generator - + IF V_Cancel MUX - (linearized switches) GMR1_1 GND GMR1_8 MR (Magneto Resistors) VCOM1 External Resistor (PCB) GND Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 16 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading technology from seed and driving • MR Sensor integration over CMOS chip Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 17 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading technology from seed and driving • MR Sensor integration over CMOS chip in our lab [4] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Glue CMOS chip on hole etched with its dimensions on a Si 1x1 inch2 piece Make mask for MR sensor deposition Deposite MR sensor Make mask for MR sensor connection Deposite metal interconnections Deposit Oxide Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 18 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 CMOS Circuits for MR sensors reading technology from seed and driving • MR Sensor integration over CMOS chip [4] Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 19 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology Envisaged Research Applications from seed • Biochips for Biomolecular recognition CMOS chip + 14 MR Sensors [5] CMOS chip + 256 MR Sensors Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 20 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Envisaged Research Applications technology from seed • Neuronal Magnetic Reading [6] Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 21 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Envisaged Research Applications technology from seed • MR sensor based non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 22 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Envisaged Research Applications technology from seed • MR sensor based non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents – Filter simulated results Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 23 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Envisaged Research Applications technology from seed • Non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents – Filter simulated results Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 24 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 Envisaged Research Applications technology from seed • Non-destructive testing (NDT) using eddy currents – Amplifier experimental results Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 25 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology Conclusions from seed • MR Sensor fabrication over CMOS chips have been proven • CMOS circuits for MR sensor biasing, addressing, and signal amplification and filtering have been designed • Ultra-low noise instrumentation amplifier and analog-todigital converter must be designed in order to provide a full on-chip frontend for the on-chip MR sensors. Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 26 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology References from seed [1] J. Germano, V. Martins, F. Cardoso, T. Almeida, L. Sousa, P. Freitas, and M. Piedade, “A portable and autonomous magnetic detection platform for biosensing,” Sensors, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 4119–4137, 2009. [2] J. Amaral, V. Pinto, T. Costa, J. Gaspar, R. Ferreira, E. Paz, S. Cardoso, and P. Freitas, “Integration of tmr sensors in silicon microneedles for magnetic measurements of neurons,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2013, in press. [3] L. S. Rosado, T. G. Santos, M. Piedade, P. M. Ramos, and P. Vilaça, “Advanced technique for nondestructive testing of friction stir welding of metals,” Measurement, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1021 – 1030, 2010. [4] F. A. Cardoso, T. Costa, J. Germano, J. Borme, J. Gaspar, J. R. Fernandes, M. S. Piedade, and P. P. Freitas, “Integration of magnetoresistive biochips on a cmos circuit,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 48, no. 11, 2012. [5] P. P. Freitas, R. Ferreira, S. Cardoso, and F. Cardoso, “Magnetoresistive sensors,” J. of Physics: Condensed Matter, vol. 19, no. 16, 2007. [6] T. Costa, M. Piedade, and M. Santos, “An ultra-low noise current source for magnetoresistive biosensors biasing,” in Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2012 IEEE, 2012, pp. 73–76. [7] T. Costa, M. S. Piedade, and J. R. Fernandes, “A cmos circuit for precise reading of matrix addressed magnetoresistive biosensors,” in Proc. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conf. (BioCAS), 2011, pp. 389–392. [8] Verónica Martins, Filipa Cardoso, José Germano, Susana Cardoso, Leonel Sousa, Moises Simões Piedade, Paulo Freitas and Luís Fonseca. Femtomolar Limit of Detection with a Magnetoresistive Biochip, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Elsevier, January 2009. Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 27 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology Acknowledgements – – – – from seed FCT Project PTDC/EEA-ELC/108555/2008 (biomagcmosplat) FCT Project PTDC/EEI-PRO/3219/2012 (INSPECT) FCT Project PEST-OE/EEI/LA0021/2011 European project FP7-ICT-2011-7(IMAGIC-GA288381). Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa 28 CMOS ET Whistler 17-19 July 2013 11-02-2015 technology from seed Thank you Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa