CMOS on-chip thermometry at deep cryogenic temperatures

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00392v1
• Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 09:13:06 GMT
• Title: CMOS on-chip thermometry at deep cryogenic temperatures
• Authors: Grayson M. Noah, Thomas Swift, Mathieu de Kruijf, Alberto Gomez-Saiz, John J. L. Morton and M. Fernando Gonzalez-Zalba
• Abstract summary: We report four different methods for on-chip temperature measurements native to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) industrial fabrication processes. These include secondary and primary thermometry methods and cover conventional thermometry structures used at room temperature. We benchmark the sensitivity of the methods as a function of temperature and use them to measure local excess temperature produced by on-chip heating elements.
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• Abstract: Accurate on-chip temperature sensing is critical for the optimal performance of modern CMOS integrated circuits (ICs), to understand and monitor localized heating around the chip during operation. The development of quantum computers has stimulated much interest in ICs operating a deep cryogenic temperatures (typically 0.01 - 4 K), in which the reduced thermal conductivity of silicon and silicon oxide, and the limited cooling power budgets make local on-chip temperature sensing even more important. Here, we report four different methods for on-chip temperature measurements native to complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) industrial fabrication processes. These include secondary and primary thermometry methods and cover conventional thermometry structures used at room temperature as well as methods exploiting phenomena which emerge at cryogenic temperatures, such as superconductivity and Coulomb blockade. We benchmark the sensitivity of the methods as a function of temperature and use them to measure local excess temperature produced by on-chip heating elements. Our results demonstrate thermometry methods that may be readily integrated in CMOS chips with operation from the milliKelivin range to room temperature.

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