| Title: | Power-efficient oscillator-based readout circuit for multichannel resonant volatile sensors |
| Author(s): | Pettine J; Petrescu V; Karabacak DM; Vandecasteele M; Crego-Calama M; Van Hoof C; |
| Address: | "Holst Centre/imec, 5605 KN Eindhoven, The Netherlands. julia.pettine@imec-nl.nl" |
| Journal Title: | IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst |
| DOI: | 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2230629 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1940-9990 (Electronic) 1932-4545 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This work presents a multichannel electronic nose system that enables a range of novel applications owing to high sensitivity, low form factor and low power consumption. Each channel is based on a combination of doubly-clamped piezoelectric MEMS resonators and CMOS oscillator-based readout designed in TSMC 0.25 mum technology. Using 'application specific' polymer coatings, the individual resonators can be tuned to detect mixtures of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This system achieves ppm-level theoretical limit of detection for ethanol which paves the way towards a broad range of applications such as personalized health and environment air quality" |
| Keywords: | Biomarkers/analysis Biomedical Engineering Breath Tests/instrumentation Electric Impedance Electric Power Supplies *Electronic Nose/statistics & numerical data Equipment Design Ethanol/analysis Humans Limit of Detection Oscillometry/instrumentation Volati; |
| Notes: | "MedlinePettine, Julia Petrescu, Violeta Karabacak, Devrez Mehmet Vandecasteele, Marianne Crego-Calama, Mercedes Van Hoof, Chris eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2013/07/16 IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2012 Dec; 6(6):542-51. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2012.2230629" |
