A Single-Chip CMOS Smoke and Temperature Sensor for an Intelligent Fire Detector

A single-chip CMOS smoke and temperature sensor for use as an intelligent fire detector is proposed. The proposed smoke sensor measures smoke density based on the light-scattering method. The temperature sensor is integrated with the smoke sensor not only to sense heat from a fire but also to compensate for the temperature dependency of the smoke sensor. The prototype chip includes an on-chip photodiode (PD), pixel circuit, correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit, and analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The prototype chip was fabricated using a 0.35-mu m CMOS process and was placed inside the smoke detection chamber, while the thermistor for the temperature sensor is placed outside the chamber. The measurement results show plusmn 1% smoke detection accuracy over the range 4% ~ 25% and plusmn1degC temperature-sensing accuracy over the range 25degC ~ 95degC. The power consumption of the prototype chip is 220 nW, excluding the infrared light-emitting diode (IR LED).

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