A 25-μW All-MOS potentiostatic delta-sigma ADC for smart electrochemical sensors

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 671-679

  Sutula, Stepan ^a   Pallares Cuxart, Jofre ^a   Gonzalo Ruiz, Javier ^a   Munoz Pascual, Francesc Xavier ^a   Teres, Lluis ^a   Serra Graells, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

All MOS; Amperometric; Analog to digital; CMOS; Conversion; Delta sigma; Electrochemical; Low power; Modulation; Potentiostat; Read out; Smart sensors

Indexed keywords

AMPEROMETRIC SENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; MODULATION; MODULATORS; SHIP CONVERSION; SMART SENSORS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

AMPEROMETRIC; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL; DELTA SIGMA; ELECTROCHEMICAL; LOW POWER; POTENTIOSTATS; READ-OUT;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 84895924955     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2013.2284179     Document Type: Article

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