A Smart Sensor System for Carbon Monoxide Detection

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-296

  Cardinali, G C ^a,e,f,g   Dori, L ^a,f,g,h,i   Fiorini, M ^a,e,f   Sayago, I ^a,b,j,k   Faglia, G ^c,l   Perego, C ^c,m   Sberveglieri, G ^c,e,n,o   Liberali, V ^d,e,p   Maloberti, F ^{d,q,r,s,t,u,v}   Tonietto, D ^d,e,w  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e University of Bologna ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g CNR LAMEL Institute   (Italy)

^h Instituto LAMEL CNR   (Italy)

ⁱ IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^k University of Brescia   (Spain)

^l POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁿ INFM   (Italy)

^o Dipto Chim Fis Materiali INFM U   (Italy)

^p University of L'Aquila   (Italy)

^q UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^s Uganda Heart Institute   (Somalia)

^t Micro Integrated Systems Group   (Italy)

^u ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^v IEEE

^w INFM   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Sensor interfaces; Sensors; Sigma delta converters

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUBSTRATES;

NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SENSOR INTERFACES; SIGMA DELTA CONVERTERS; SMART SENSOR SYSTEM;

SILICON SENSORS;

EID: 0031276367     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008250204824     Document Type: Article

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