DeFET: A Novel CMOS Electric-Field Sensor for Lab-on-a-Chip and Biomedical Applications

Author

Ghallab, Yehya H. ; Badawy, Wael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng.& Comput. Eng., Calgary Univ., Alta.

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1027

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

This paper presents a novel CMOS electric-field sensor, it is called the "differential electric-field sensitive field-effect transistor" (DeFET), which is based on a standard 0.18-mum Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) CMOS technology. The DeFET shows a sensitivity of 51.7 mV/(V/mum). This paper also describes the DeFET\´s theory of operation in addition to the experimental and simulation results that confirm the DeFET\´s theory of operation. Some applications of the DeFET in the area of lab on a chip and biomedical are also presented

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; electric field measurement; electric sensing devices; system-on-chip; 0.18 micron; CMOS electric field sensor; DeFET; biomedical applications; differential electric field sensitive field effect transistor; lab-on-a-chip; Biomedical optical imaging; Biosensors; CMOS technology; Lab-on-a-chip; Nonuniform electric fields; Optical sensors; Performance analysis; Sorting; Space technology; Throughput; Biological cells; CMOS technology; electric field; electric-field sensor; integrated sensors; lab on a chip;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2006.877806

Filename

1661589