Towards a chemiresistive sensor-integrated electronic nose: A review

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 14214-14247

  Chiu, Shih Wen ^a   Tang, Kea Tiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conductive polymer; Electronic nose signal processing chip; Electronic nose system on chip (SoC); Metal oxide semiconductor; Sensing front end

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SENSORY AIDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONDUCTIVE-POLYMER; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSING FRONT-END; SIGNAL PROCESSING CHIPS; SYSTEM-ON-CHIP;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84886258985     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131014214     Document Type: Review

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