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A Compact 16 Channel Embedded System with High Dynamic Range Readout and Heater Management for Semiconducting Metal Oxide Gas Sensors

  • The simultaneous operation of multiple different semiconducting metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors is demanding for the readout circuitry. The challenge results from the strongly varying signal intensities of the various sensor types to the target gas. While some sensors change their resistance only slightly, other types can react with a resistive change over a range of several decades. Therefore, a suitable readout circuit has to be able to capture all these resistive variations, requiring it to have a very large dynamic range. This work presents a compact embedded system that provides a full, high range input interface (readout and heater management) for MOX sensor operation. The system is modular and consists of a central mainboard that holds up to eight sensor-modules, each capable of supporting up to two MOX sensors, therefore supporting a total maximum of 16 different sensors. Its wide input range is archived using the resistance-to-time measurement method. The system is solely built with commercial off-the-shelf components and tested over a range spanning from 100Ω to 5 GΩ (9.7 decades) with an average measurement error of 0.27% and a maximum error of 2.11%. The heater management uses a well-tested power-circuit and supports multiple modes of operation, hence enabling the system to be used in highly automated measurement applications. The experimental part of this work presents the results of an exemplary screening of 16 sensors, which was performed to evaluate the system’s performance.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author:Christof Hammer, Johannes Warmer, Stephan Maurer, Peter Kaul, Ronald Thoelen, Norbert Jung
Parent Title (English):Electronics
Volume:9
Issue:11
Article Number:1855
Number of pages:15
ISSN:2079-9292
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-51068
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics9111855
Publisher:MDPI
Place of publication:Basel
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2020/11/05
Copyright:(c) 2020 by the authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
Funding:This research received internal funding from the Institute of Safety and Security Research at BRS-U.
Keyword:automated sensor-screening; high diagnostic coverage and reliability; high dynamic range resistance readout; semiconducting metal oxide gas sensor array
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Informatik
Fachbereich Angewandte Naturwissenschaften
Institut für Sicherheitsforschung (ISF)
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten
6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 621.3 Elektrotechnik, Elektronik
Entry in this database:2020/11/07
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International