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Published on 26 August 2023
SL-DRT-23-0779
Research fieldNew computing paradigms, circuits and technologies, incl. quantum

Domaine-SElectronics and microelectronics - Optoelectronics

ThemeTechnological challenges

Theme-SEngineering sciences

Field
New computing paradigms, circuits and technologies, incl. quantum Technological challenges Electronics and microelectronics - Optoelectronics Engineering sciences DRT DCOS SCCS LGECA Grenoble
Title
Low Power Bioinspired Circuit for CMUT based Electronic Nose
Abstract
An electronic nose is a sensor that identifies a number of odors by measuring the relative concentrations of different gas molecules in the air. The applications are numerous: air quality control, agriculture, food and pharmaceutical industries, etc. The specificity of an electronic nose, compared to other gas sensors, is that it does not include gas separation devices. Discrimination is achieved by using the cross specificities of several sensors, associated with a dedicated signal processing. Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducer (CMUT) are MEMS initially dedicated to the transmission and reception of ultrasonic acoustic waves. A set of transducers can also be used to characterize gases on a gravimetric principle. This technology has been very popular during the last decade for the development of electronic noses, especially because it can be easily coupled with surface functionalities. Thus, a cMUT transducer with a dedicated chemical functionalization forms the basic unit of an electronic nose. The nose may consist of several tens of transducers, each functionalized with a particular chemistry. Thanks to the European Research Council (ERC) funding obtained by Elisa Vianello to develop silicon circuits inspired by the insect nervous system, we wish to go further by integrating in the same low-power system the cMUT sensors, a near-sensor electronics, a signal processing and a neuromorphic classification circuit. The objective is to propose solutions to obtain a robust, very low power and very compact cMUTs based artificial nose system. The work will concern the acquisition of a solid database as a prerequisite to the design of the system, the adoption of a Machine Learning approach to develop the signal processing and classification, the design of an ASIC circuit to demonstrate key functions and the exploration of different computational paradigms for a robust estimation of the odors in presence (Bayesian network, neural network, or others).
Formation
Master 2 électronique Technological Research
Contact person
HARDY Emmanuel CEA DRT/DCOS//LGECA 17 rue des Martyrs 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9 0438782953 emmanuel.hardy@cea.fr
University/ graduate school
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis supervisor
DRT/DCOS//LCM
Location
Département Composants Silicium (LETI) Service Caractérisation, Conception et Simulation Laboratoire des circuits intégrés pour la Gestion de l'Energie, les Capteurs et Actionneurs
Start1/7/2024

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