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The reconfigurable feature is effectively implemented by proposing two basis readout topologies of amplifier-based and oscillator-based circuits. For noise-immune design against various noises from inherent human-touch operations, an alternate-sampling error-correction scheme is proposed and integrated inside the ROIC, achieving a 12-bit resolution of successive approximation register (SAR) of analog-to-digital conversion without additional calibrations. A ROIC prototype that includes the whole proposed functions and data converters was fabricated in a 0.18 \u03bcm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process, and its feasibility was experimentally verified to support multiple heterogeneous sensing functions of touch, electrocardiogram, body impedance, and environmental sensors.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s17040759","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,3]],"date-time":"2017-04-03T13:32:30Z","timestamp":1491226350000},"page":"759","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["A Reconfigurable Readout Integrated Circuit for Heterogeneous Display-Based Multi-Sensor Systems"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8191-2436","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyeonghwan","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919 Ulsan, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seung Mok","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919 Ulsan, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Won-Jin","family":"Eom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919 Ulsan, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4581-4115","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae Joon","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, 44919 Ulsan, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,4,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2305","DOI":"10.1109\/JSSC.2014.2336800","article-title":"A reconfigurable 40-to-67 dB SNR, 50-to-6400 Hz frame-rate, column-parallel readout IC for capacitive touch-screen panels","volume":"49","author":"Park","year":"2014","journal-title":"IEEE J. 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