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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 6.
Published in final edited form as: IEEE Trans Biomed Circuits Syst. 2023 Oct 6;17(4):768–781. doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2023.3288505

TABLE I:

Performance Comparison

Ref. [1]
TBioCAS 2021
[12]
JSSC 2019
[17]
JSSC 2020
[14]
BioCAS 2022
[13]
ISCAS 2020
[26]
ISSCC 2023
This Work
Mode
(Sensor Target)
I
(Echem, Temp)
I
(Echem, Temp)
R, C
(Temp, RH)
I, V
(Echem, pH)
I, V
(Echem)
I, V
(Temp, Echem, pH)
R, I, V
(Temp, Echem, pH)
Active Area (mm2) 8 0.01 0.72 0.037 0.098 2.51 0.52
Processs (um) 0.18 0.25 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18
Supply (V) 1.2 2.5 1.5 to 2 1.2 1.4 1.8 1.2
Power (μW) 493 250 15.6 2.2 40 22 (peak) R-mode: 9.24
I-mode: 65
V-mode: 5.66
ADC Type Relax Osc + TDC ΔΣ ADC VCO + TDC Relax Osc Incre. ADC SAR VCO + TDC
Communication On-chip TC & TC Wired Wired Wired and TX Wired Wired Wired and TX
Amperiometric Sensing
Current Range ±6μA ±12.5nA NA 2μA 0.1μA ±10μA FLL only: 0.5μA
With PSTAT: 200μA
R2 Error 0.995 Unknown NA 0.999 0.998 NA >0.9995
Input-Ref. Noise 2pA
BW=Unknown
0.28PA
BW=20Hz
NA Unknown 44.6fA
BW=Unknown
14pA
BW=16Hz
40.6pA
BW=100Hz7
Pattern Gen. On-chip analog Off-chip NA On-chip 4-bit DAC Off-chip On-chip DAC On-chip 4-bit DAC
Potentiostat On-chip Off-chip NA On-chip NA On-chip On-chip
Voltage Sensing
Voltage Range (V) NA NA NA 0 to 1 0.32 to 1.05 0 to 1.8 0.2 to 0.6
R2 Error NA NA NA 0.999 0.974 0.99999 > 0.9999
Input-Ref. Noise NA NA NA Unknown 1.7μV
BW=10kHz
72.3μV
BW=16Hz
31.7μV
BW=100Hz8
pH Range NA NA NA 4 to 10 NA 4 to 10 1.6 to 12
Temperature Sensing
Linear Range (°C) 20 to 80 25 to 65 −40 to 85 NA NA Unknown 0 to 759
Resolution 43mk
BW=Unknown
NA 2mK
BW=500Hz
NA NA Unknown 16.4mK
BW=100Hz10
Transducer Ring oscillator Diode On-chip Poly-R NA NA Unknown Off-chip thermistor
1

Estimated active readout circuit area only

2

FLL readout circuit active area only. Also requires off-chip capacitors

3

Includes pattern/clock generation

4

Thermistor at nominal resistance

5

Potentiostat idling

6

Mid-rail input voltage

7

With zero input current at FLL readout circuit input

8

At minimum input voltage

9, 10

Based on TI TMP63 thermistor