A low-power instrumentation system for nano-electro-mechanical-sensors for environmental and healthcare applications

Journal of Low Power Electronics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-352

  Surya, Sandeep Goud ^a   Nag, Sudip ^a   Duragkar, Nikhil M ^a   Agarwal, Dilip ^a   Chatterjee, Gaurav ^a   Gandhi, Sahir ^a   Patil, Sheetal ^a   Sharma, D K ^a   Rao, V Ramgopal ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Analog to digital converter (ADC); Bio marker; Bovine serum albumin (BSA); Cardiac infarction; Explosive detector; Nano electro mechanical cantilever; Piezoresistive; PPM; RDX; TNT; R R measurement

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAMMALS; NANOCANTILEVERS; NANOSENSORS; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; SURFACE REACTIONS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; CARDIAC INFARCTION; ELECTRO-MECHANICAL; EXPLOSIVE DETECTORS; PIEZO-RESISTIVE;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 84862335817     PISSN: 15461998     EISSN: 15462005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jolpe.2012.1198     Document Type: Article

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