J4 ›› 2010, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 921-926.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2010.05.026

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Design of a low power MCU used for no-magnetic flow measurement

ZHU Qi-xi1;CHE De-liang2;SHEN Xu-bang1   

  1. (1. School of Microelectronic, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. Xi'an Office of Mxtronics Corporation, Xi'an  710054, China)
  • Received:2009-05-11 Online:2010-10-20 Published:2010-10-11
  • Contact: ZHU Qi-xi E-mail:zqxc60@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract:

To attain the low power operation for the MCU used in three-function meters, the design of a 16-bits low power MCU(MXTM16) used in magnetic-free measurement of flow is presented. By designing the flow-measurement module as an independent module, the CPU can always operate in the sleeping mode during detection. A clock source with a continuously tunable frequency is added for the measurement module to reduce the dynamic power consumption in all kinds of application. By using clock-gating to switch idle modules like the phase-locked loop, a system operating in a low consumption of 26.8μA is finally achieved, the power consumption being reduced by 50%.

Key words: low power, micro processors, system design, no-magnetic sensor