A CMOS-based ISFET chemical imager with auto-calibration capability

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3253-3260

  Goh, Clinton Z D ^a   Georgiou, Pantelis ^a   Constandinou, Timothy G ^a   Prodromakis, Themistoklis ^a   Toumazou, Christofer ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Array; calibration; chemical imager; ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET); lab on chip

Indexed keywords

ARRAY; AUTO CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION ALGORITHM; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; FAST RATE; GRADIENT BASED; LAB-ON-CHIP; OPERATING POINTS; PH SENSITIVE; PH SENSITIVITY; RELATIVE STANDARD ERROR;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALIBRATION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PH EFFECTS; PIXELS; TRANSISTORS;

ION SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

EID: 80455137063     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2155644     Document Type: Article

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