A TDC-Based Front-End for Rapid Impedance Spectroscopy Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Impedance spectroscopy (IS) is an important technique for monitoring and detection of biomaterials. In order to enable point-of-care systems, low-cost IS systems capable of rapidly measuring a wide range of biomaterials are required. This paper presents an IS front-end which utilizes a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a peak detector circuit (PDC) for quick measurement of both impedance phase and magnitude, respectively. Designed in a 0.18m CMOS process, the front-end is capable of performing impedance measurements in 6s at frequencies ranging from 100Hz-10MHz and with a 100-1M dynamic range. Simulation results with cell impedance models show that the system achieves <2.5% magnitude and <2.2 phase error. The front-end consumes 28mW total power and occupies 0.4mm2 area. 2013 IEEE.

name of conference

  • 2013 IEEE 56th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)

published proceedings

  • 2013 IEEE 56TH INTERNATIONAL MIDWEST SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS (MWSCAS)

author list (cited authors)

  • Huang, H., & Palermo, S.

citation count

  • 18

complete list of authors

  • Huang, Hao||Palermo, Samuel

publication date

  • January 2013