Offset and gain calibration circuit for MIM-ISFET devices

A programmable calibration circuit for sensors is proposed in this paper. It carries out gain and offset compensation by adding or subtracting appropriate correction factors to the transfer function of each sensor. Digital programmability makes it possible to automate calibration, paving the way for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Luis Antonio Carrillo-Martínez, MARIA TERESA SANZ PASCUAL, Joel Molina Reyes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/2319
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2319
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Sensor calibration
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/ISFET
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Signal conditioning
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
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Sumario:A programmable calibration circuit for sensors is proposed in this paper. It carries out gain and offset compensation by adding or subtracting appropriate correction factors to the transfer function of each sensor. Digital programmability makes it possible to automate calibration, paving the way for batch calibration. The circuit was designed for a specific sensor structure, a MIMISFET, which was modeled in HSpice. The proposed scheme reduces the offset and gain error due to process variations of both the sensor and the readout circuit. Offset error is reduced from 123 to 20 mV and gain error is reduced from 10.6 to 6.4 mV/pH. Relative error is reduced in the whole sensing range from 13 to 4 %. The circuit was designed in a 0.18 μm standard CMOS process, occupies an area of 115 x 100 μm² and consumes 2.3 mW.