Comparison of two CMOS front-end transimpedance amplifiers for optical biosensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 657-663

  Trabelsi, Abdelaziz ^a   Boukadoum, Mounir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transimpedance amplifiers (TIA); current mode; noise; optical biosensors; photodiode; shunt feedback

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MODE; NOISE; OPTICAL BIO-SENSORS; SHUNT FEEDBACK; TRANSIMPEDANCE AMPLIFIERS;

BANDWIDTH; BIOSENSORS; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; DIODES; PHOTODIODES;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84873133626     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2225141     Document Type: Article

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