An ADC-free adaptive interface circuit of resistive sensor for electronic nose system

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2013:2013:2012-5. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609925.

Abstract

The initial resistance of chemiresistive gas sensors could be affected by temperature, humidity, and background odors. In a sensing system, the traditional interface circuit always requires an ADC to convert analog signal to digital signal. In this paper, we propose an ADC-free adaptive interface circuit for a resistive gas sensor to read sensor signal and cancel the baseline drift. Furthermore, methanol was used to test the proposed interface circuit, which was connected with a FIGARO® gas sensor. This circuit was fabricated by TSMC 0.18 µm CMOS process, and consumed 86.41 µW under 1 V supply voltage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Electronic Nose*
  • Humans
  • Humidity
  • Temperature
  • Transducers