A low-power wide range transimpedance amplifier for biochemical sensing

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007:2007:2673-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352879.

Abstract

This paper presents a novel low voltage and low power transimpedance amplifier for amperometric potentiostats. The power is optimized by having three different gain settings for different current ranges, which can be programmed with a biasing current. The voltage ranges have been optimized by using FGMOS transistors in a second voltage amplification stage that simultaneously allow for offset calibration as well as independent biasing of the gates. The circuit operates with input currents from 1 pA to 1 microA, with a maximum power supply voltage of 1.5 V and consumes 82.5 nW, 9.825 microW, 47.325 microW for currents varying from (1 pA, 0.25 nA), (0.25 nA, 62.5 nA) and (62.5 nA, 1 microA) respectively.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amplifiers, Electronic*
  • Body Composition / physiology
  • Electric Impedance
  • Electrodes
  • Electronics, Medical
  • Equipment Design
  • Transducers*