A low-power electronic nose signal-processing chip for a portable artificial olfaction system

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-390

  Tang, Kea Tiong ^a   Chiu, Shih Wen ^a   Chang, Meng Fan ^a   Hsieh, Chih Cheng ^a   Shyu, Jyuo Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial olfaction; electronic nose; gas classification; portable system; signal processing chip

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL OLFACTION; ELECTRONIC NOSE; GAS CLASSIFICATION; PORTABLE SYSTEM; SIGNAL-PROCESSING CHIP;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; KETONES; LOGIC CIRCUITS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SENSOR ARRAYS; SENSORY AIDS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 79960977918     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2011.2116786     Document Type: Article

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