A system-on-chip digital pH meter for use in a wireless diagnostic capsule

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 687-694

  Hammond, Paul A ^a   Ali, Danish ^b   Cumming, David R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMOS; ISFET; pH; System on chip

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MICROCONTROLLERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MULTIPLEXORS; ON-CHIP PROGRAMMABLE VOLTAGE; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DIGITAL PH METERS; WIRELESS CAPSULE APPLICATION;

PH METERS;

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PH MEASUREMENT; SENSOR; SYSTEM ON CHIP DIGITAL METER;

ALGORITHMS; CAPSULES; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES; MICROCOMPUTERS; MINIATURIZATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TELEMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 16444387178     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.844041     Document Type: Article

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