A CMOS smart thermal sensor for biomedical application

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E91-C, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-104

  Lee, Ho Yin ^a   Chen, Shih Lun ^a   Luo, Ching Hsing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Auto calibration; CMOS thermal sensor deep N well; Sigma delta modulator; Vertical bipolar transistor

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DELTA MODULATION; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROCONTROLLERS; MODULATORS; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; TRANSISTORS;

AUTO CALIBRATION; BANDGAP REFERENCE VOLTAGE; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CALIBRATION TECHNOLOGY; SIGMA DELTA MODULATOR; SUBSTRATE COUPLING NOISE; THERMAL SENSORS; VERTICAL BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

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EID: 72449139881     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: 17451353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e91-c.1.96     Document Type: Article

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