• DocumentCode
    3510815
  • Title

    A constant power heating circuit for integrated gas sensor application

  • Author

    Chan, Sunny S W ; Chan, Philip C.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    35245
  • Firstpage
    5
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This paper reports a novel circuit to supply constant heating power to the micro-hotplate for integrated gas sensor applications. The circuit is designed so that the heating power is maintained constant in spite of the change of heater resistance value due to process variations. By controlling the biasing current of the power control circuit, the heating power can be controlled linearly. The circuit is realized using CMOS. Simulation shows that the heating power can be controlled at ±0.4% with ±50% changes in heating resistance
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; analogue multipliers; gas sensors; power control; power integrated circuits; CMOS; analogue multipliers; biasing current; constant power heating circuit; heater resistance value; heating resistance; integrated gas sensor application; micro-hotplate; power control circuit; process variations; Circuit synthesis; Feedback circuits; Gas detectors; Heating; MOSFETs; Power control; Resistors; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Voltage control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1996., IEEE Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3091-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HKEDM.1996.566293
  • Filename
    566293