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    Peter Levine Headshot
    Display Name
    Peter Levine
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    University of Waterloo
    Country
    Country
    Canada
    Author(s)
    Display Name
    Ashwin Krishnan
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    University of Waterloo
    Display Name
    Peter Levine
    Affiliation
    Affiliation
    University of Waterloo
    Abstract

    We present a CMOS electrochemical capacitance imager designed to overcome Debye-length-screening effects in integrated electrochemical assays and featuring frequency-division-multiplexed (FDM) column readout. Our imager contains eight pixel arrays where each pixel contains a 5-MHz--180-MHz ring-oscillator-based capacitance-to-frequency converter (CFC) to detect interfacial capacitance changes at an in-pixel working electrode. We implement FDM readout, which reduces column-readout time compared to a time-division-multiplexed approach, by operating each CFC in a column at a unique nominal frequency while summing the pixel output currents. We report experimental results from electronic performance characterization of a 3.0x2.5-mm^2 420-pixel electrochemical capacitance imager, fabricated in a 1.8-V 0.18-um CMOS process.

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    • CMOS Ring-Oscillator-Based Electrochemical Capacitance Imager with Frequency-Division-Multiplexed Readout (application/pdf)