• DocumentCode
    915683
  • Title

    64 pH-ISFET averaging array employing global negative current feedback

  • Author

    Chan, W.P. ; Premanode, B. ; Toumazou, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Imperial Coll. London, London
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    536
  • Lastpage
    537
  • Abstract
    The previously reported discrete ISFET using current feedback has been redesigned in a CMOS platform with an array of ISFETs to improve the performance of the single ISFET´s readout. The circuit novelty is the averaging of ISFET currents generated by a cluster of 64 ISFETs with a global current feedback. Simulation results from the 0.18 mum CMOS process also indicate improvements of high signal-to-noise ratio with power consumption to early muW. As a result, it all leads to benefit biomedical applications.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; biomedical equipment; chemical sensors; ion sensitive field effect transistors; readout electronics; CMOS process; ISFET readout; biomedical application; chemical sensor; global negative current feedback; pH-ISFET sensor; power consumption; signal-to-noise ratio; size 0.18 mum;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.0215
  • Filename
    4976865