학술논문

A CMOS sensor array IC for Van der Waals enhanced MOSFET and Taguchi type sensors
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of IEEE Sensors, 2004. IEEE sensors 2004 Sensors, 2004. Proceedings of IEEE. :981-984 vol.2 2004
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Sensor arrays
CMOS integrated circuits
MOSFET circuits
Chemical sensors
Fluctuations
Thin film sensors
Gas detectors
Force sensors
Nanoscale devices
Zinc oxide
Language
Abstract
A CMOS sensor array IC capable of performing fluctuation enhanced sensing for two different chemical sensing devices has been designed. The targeted sensing devices are the novel Van der Waals force enhanced MOSFET for gas and nano-particle detection and sputtered ZnO thin films as Taguchi-type sensors for gas detection. The sensor output contains information in the dynamic stochastic fluctuations around the mean value which prove useful for detection of sub-ppm concentrations of gaseous molecules. This paper discusses an implementation of fluctuation-enhanced sensing on silicon. The CMOS sensor IC consists of a low-noise transimpedance amplifier filter bank and output buffers. The circuits are all designed to operate at temperatures as high as 200/spl deg/C with low leakage currents. The overall CMOS system on chip exhibited enhanced selectivity and accuracy in providing unique signatures for gas detection.