Uncalibrated integrable wide-range single-supply portable interface for resistance and parasitic capacitance determination

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 477-484

  De Marcellis, Andrea ^a   Depari, Alessandro ^b   Ferri, Giuseppe ^a   Flammini, Alessandra ^b   Marioli, Daniele ^b   Stornelli, Vincenzo ^a   Taroni, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitance estimation; CMOS sensor interfaces; Gas sensors; MoW based metal oxide sensors; Resistance estimation; Wide range sensor variation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SENSORS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CAPACITIVE COMPONENTS; DIGITAL COMPONENTS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; HIGH LINEARITY; INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS; METAL OXIDE SENSORS; PARASITIC CAPACITANCES; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PERCENTAGE ERROR; PORTABLE APPLICATIONS; POST-LAYOUT SIMULATIONS; RESISTANCE DETERMINATION; RESISTANCE VALUES; RESISTANCE-TO-TIME CONVERSION; RESISTIVE GAS SENSORS; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; WIDE-RANGE;

DETECTORS;

EID: 44649197685     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2007.10.068     Document Type: Article

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