Noise limits of CMOS current interfaces for biosensors: A review

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 278-292

  Crescentini, Marco ^a   Bennati, Marco ^a   Carminati, Marco ^b   Tartagni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biosensors; current amplifiers; noise; sensor interfaces

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

AMPLIFIER ARCHITECTURE; CURRENT AMPLIFIER; ELECTRONIC DETECTION; ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; NOISE; SENSOR INTERFACE; SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACES; STRAY CAPACITANCES;

BIOSENSORS;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETIC PROCEDURES; NANOPORE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; FEEDBACK; NANOPORES; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84902199019     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2013.2262998     Document Type: Article

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