A picoampere A/D converter for biosensor applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-176

  Rachmuth, Guy ^a   Zhou, Kuan ^b   Monzon, Joshua J C ^a,c   Helble, Heiko ^a   Poon, Chi Sang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Current mode; Flash analog to digital converter (ADC); Picoampere level detection

Indexed keywords

A/D CONVERTER; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BIOCHEMICAL SIGNAL; BIOSENSOR APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL MICROSENSORS; COMPACT SENSOR SYSTEM; CURRENT MODE; FLASH ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LOW POWER; STAND -ALONE;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BIOSENSORS;

FREQUENCY CONVERTERS;

EID: 77955467725     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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