• DocumentCode
    1294652
  • Title

    ISFET based chemical gilbert cell

  • Author

    Kalofonou, Melpomeni ; Toumazou, Christofer

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    903
  • Lastpage
    904
  • Abstract
    An ion-sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) based chemical Gilbert cell is presented, capable of differential measurement of pH signals during thermocycling reactions. The proposed circuit is capable of measuring the difference between two reaction chambers allowing stable drift reduction. Implemented in a typical 0.35 μm CMOS process, the resulting topology has a tunable gain of up to 40 dB, is temperature stable, with a variation of just 0.7% within the range of 0 to 100°C and achieves a low power consumption of 198 nW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; field effect transistors; low-power electronics; pH measurement; CMOS; ISFET; chemical Gilbert cell; differential measurement; gain 40 dB; ion-sensitive field effect transistor; low power consumption; pH signals; power 198 nW; size 0.35 mum; temperature 100 C; thermocycling reactions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2011.1946
  • Filename
    5980022