An intelligent ISFET sensory system with temperature and drift compensation for long-term monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1948-1959

  Chen, D Y ^a,b   Chan, P K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research   (India)

Author keywords

Intelligent sensor; ISFEt drift; ISFET interface circuit; ISFET temperature compensation; Long term monitoring; Microcontroller sensor system; Precision current mirror; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

LOGIC CIRCUITS; MONITORING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SENSORS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

INTELLIGENT SENSOR; ISFET DRIFT; ISFET INTERFACE CIRCUIT; ISFET TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MICROCONTROLLER SENSOR SYSTEM; PRECISION CURRENT MIRROR; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

ERROR COMPENSATION;

EID: 55949115833     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.2006471     Document Type: Article

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