Chemoresistive Sensor Readout Circuit Design for Detecting Gases with Slow Response Time Characteristics

Based on an analysis of the signal characteristics of gas sensors, this work presents a chemoresistive sensor readout circuit design for detecting gases with slow response time characteristics. The proposed readout circuit directly generates a reference voltage corresponding to the initial value of...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2022-01, Vol.22 (3), p.1102
Main Authors: Lee, Dong-Yeon, Yu, Joon-Boo, Byun, Hyung-Gi, Kim, Hyeon-June
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
chemoresistive sensor
Circuit design
Electric potential
gas sensor
Gas sensors
Gases
Internet of Things
offset tracking readout
Reaction Time
readout circuit
Reproducibility of Results
Response time
Sensors
slow response gas sensing
Smell
System effectiveness
Voltage
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Summary:Based on an analysis of the signal characteristics of gas sensors, this work presents a chemoresistive sensor readout circuit design for detecting gases with slow response time characteristics. The proposed readout circuit directly generates a reference voltage corresponding to the initial value of the gas sensor and extracts only the amount of gas concentration change in the sensor. Because the proposed readout circuit can adaptively regenerate the suitable reference voltage under various changing ambient conditions, it can alleviate the variation in output values at the same gas concentration caused by non-uniformities among gas sensors. Furthermore, this readout circuit effectively eliminates the initial value shifts due to the poor reproducibility of the gas sensor itself without requiring complex digital signal calibrations. This work focuses on a commercially viable readout circuit structure that can effectively obtain slow response gas information without requiring a large capacitor. The proposed readout circuit operation was verified by simulations using spectre in cadence simulation software. It was then implemented on a printed circuit board with discrete components to confirm the effectiveness with existing gas sensor systems and its commercial viability.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s22031102