P2.9.17 A Wireless Interface for Nanowire-Based Gas Sensors

Event
14th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors - IMCS 2012
2012-05-20 - 2012-05-23
Nürnberg/Nuremberg, Germany
Chapter
P2.9 Technology and Application
Author(s)
O. Monereo, J. Llosa, J. Prades - Departament d'Electrònica, Universitat de Barcelona (Spain), M. Martínez de Marigorta, I. Vilajosana - WorldSensing S.L.N.E. (Spain), F. Hernandez-Ramírez - Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya (IREC) (Spain)
Pages
1748 - 1750
DOI
10.5162/IMCS2012/P2.9.17
ISBN
978-3-9813484-2-2
Price
free

Abstract

In this contribution we present an electronic system specially designed to perform conductometric measurements in chemical gas sensors based on individual nanowires operated in self-heated mode. Details about the precautions needed to be taken into account are thoroughly presented. The system is compact and low-power, it features autocalibration and auto-range capabilities and it is ready to be integrated in large networks of wireless sensors. It represents one of the first attempts to interface nanotechnology-based sensors with smart wireless technologies.