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Chapter and Conference Paper
Design and Manufacture of 3D-Printed Circuit Boards
In recent years, 3D printing technology was used in electronics mostly for the manufacture of mechanical or packaging parts. In particular, the Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) category, has seen an ever-incre...
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Article
Open AccessMeasurement of isotopic separation of argon with the prototype of the cryogenic distillation plant Aria for dark matter searches
The Aria cryogenic distillation plant, located in Sardinia, Italy, is a key component of the DarkSide-20k experimental program for WIMP dark matter searches at the INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Ita...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Smart Multifunctional Panel for Industry 4.0
In this work a smart sensorial panel with innovative characteristics is presented. It is realized from waste, in particular from the industrial processing of paper and cardboard and embeds a series of wireless...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Time Continuous VCII-Based Fully Analog Interface for Differential Capacitive Sensors
In this paper the authors present a current mode approach for the readout of differential capacitive sensors
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Open AccessNoise analysis and optimization of VCII-based SiPM interface circuit
Recently, second generation voltage conveyor (VCII)-based transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) have begun to find their way in different applications, among which, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) interfacing circ...
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On-chip active filter in GaAs technology for wireless communication systems
In this work we present the design of a GaAs monolithic active filter. It is based on a 0.13 μm pHMET technology process provided by HSRI and it has been conceived for RF practical applications, being defined ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CCII-Based Linear Ratiometric Capacitive Sensing by Analog Read-Out Circuits
Two electronic interfaces performing a differential (or ratiometric) sensor capacitance to voltage conversion are here presented. The output signal is proportional to the measurand variation x. The two read-out c...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Low Cost Flexible Power Line Communication System
The present work focuses its attention on the definition of a home automation system based on power line communication. A low cost and non invasive system has been developed and tested with successful results....
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Breath-Printing of Heart Failure in Elderly
Comorbidity represents a confounding factor in exhaled breath analysis, in particular with elderly population, which often shows both respiratory and heart diseases. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the first...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Wireless Smart Parking Sensor System for Vehicles Detection
The proposed paper shows a novel and feasible solution for the realization of a smart-parking system. The proposed parking sensor circuit represents a robust and low cost solution for the automotive market to ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Integrable Autonomous Devices for WSNs
We here present an energy harvesting system for low power sensor applications. The system is a dual band architecture able to capture the largest amount of EM radiation available in the urban environment and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Voltage-Mode Analog Interfaces for Differential Capacitance Position Transducers
A fully-analog integrated electronic interface for the detection and measurement of differential capacitive position sensors is shown. The read-out circuit, performing a differential capacitive to voltage conv...
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Article
A low-voltage low-power 0.25 µm integrated single transistor active inductor-based filter
In this paper we present a 0.25 µm BiCMOS Technology bandpass filter implementation based on a single transistor Active Inductor (AI). The high-Q AI integrated circuit is designed by the use of a single transi...
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Article
A single current conveyor-based low voltage low power bootstrap circuit for ElectroCardioGraphy and ElectroEncephaloGraphy acquisition systems
In this letter we propose a novel low voltage and low power single-CCII bootstrap circuit specifically designed to be implemented as input stage in ElectroCardioGraphy (ECG) or ElectroEncephaloGraphy (EEG) acquis...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Compact Architecture for Heartbeat Monitoring
A capacitive sensor for detecting the human heartbeat rate without direct contact with the skin is here described. The precordial movement changes the capacitance between the patch electrodes so modulating the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Radio Frequency Energy Harvester for Remote Sensor Networks
An RF harvesting system and power management architectural strategy for autonomous ultra-low-power system is presented. In this work a particular attention is given at the antenna/rectifier structure showing t...
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Article
Fully differential DDA-based fifth and seventh order Bessel low pass filters and buffers for DCR radio systems
In this letter the design, fabrication and measurements of fully differential filters and buffers in a 180 nm CMOS process for direct conversion receivers (DCRs) applications are reported. The fully differenti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A New Fast-Readout Front-End for High Resistive Chemical Sensor Applications
Metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors show a resistive value varying in a wide range, from hundreds of kilohms up to tens of gigohms. For this reason, oscillating circuits are often used to interface these sensors. Si...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Differential Difference Current-Conveyor (DDCCII) Based Front-End for Integrable and Portable Sensor Applications
In this work we propose a very low voltage low power Differential Difference Amplifier based current conveyor (DDCCII) for the readout of the voltage value coming from potentiometric sensors and to be used in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Calibration-Less CCII-Based Resistance-to-Time Front-End for Gas Sensor Interfacing
We present a novel current–mode fully–integrable oscillating circuit for the interfacing of resistive gas sensors, using a reduced number of active blocks, in particular low voltage low power Second Generation...
