Abstract
The bulkiness of current electronic nose (E-Nose) systems severely limits their portability. This study designed and fabricated an E-Nose signal-processing chip by using TSMC 0.18-μ m 1P6M complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology to overcome the need to connect the device to a personal computer, which has traditionally been a major stumbling block in reducing the size of E-Nose systems. The proposed chip is based on a conductive polymer sensor array chip composed of multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The signal-processing chip comprises an interface circuit, an analog-to-digital converter, a memory module, and a microprocessor embedded with a pattern-recognition algorithm. Experimental results have verified the functionality of the proposed system, in which the E-Nose signal-processing chip successfully classified three odors, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), chloroform (CHCl3), and 2-Butanone (MEK), demonstrating its potential for portable applications. The power consumption of this signal-processing chip was maintained at a very low 2.81 mW using a 1.8-V power supply, making it highly suitable for integration as an electronic nose system-on-chip.
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