CMOS interfacing for integrated gas sensors: A review

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1833-1848

  Gardner, Julian W ^a   Guha, Prasanta K ^a   Udrea, Florin ^b   Covington, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMOS sensors; gas sensors; interfacing; microsensors; smart sensors

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE; CMOS SENSORS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; GAS DETECTION; GAS SENSING; GAS SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; GAS SENSORS; HIGH PRICE; INTEGRATED GAS SENSORS; INTERFACE CIRCUITRY; INTERFACING; LOW POWER; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MARKET PENETRATION; MODERN MICROELECTRONICS; NICHE APPLICATIONS; SENSING ELEMENTS; SIGNAL CONDITIONING CIRCUITRY; SILICON CHIP; TOXIC GAS;

AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; BOILER CONTROL; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COSTS; FIREPROOFING; GAS DETECTORS; GAS PLANTS; GASES; MANUFACTURE; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROSENSORS; NANOSENSORS; PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SMART SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 77957743036     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2046409     Document Type: Review

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