%0 Journal Article %@ 1530437X %A Assaad, M. %A Yohannes, I. %A Bermak, A. %D 2013 %F scholars:3765 %J IEEE Sensors Journal %K Biasing current; Higher resolution; Integrated solutions; Interface circuits; Mixed signal; Off-the-shelf components; On-chip integration; Proof of concept; Single-chip; Small area; Storage units; Supply voltages, Design; Optical sensors; Organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls, Logic circuits %N 2 %P 610-617 %R 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2224331 %T Two-stage interface circuit design for a 32-color resolution optical sensor %U https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/3765/ %V 13 %X An interface circuit design for an optical sensor based on a two-stage cascaded architecture is presented in this paper. The proposed design is a mixed signal solution that provides few advantages in terms of speed, power consumption, higher resolution with smaller number of storage units, and small area for future on-chip integration. Simulation and experimental results for five bits resolution (32 levels) are presented to validate the design. We are aiming for a single-chip integrated solution; however, for a quick proof of concept, the proposed design has been implemented as a PCB using discrete off-the-shelf components. The biasing current and power consumption from the PCB implementation are 192 mA and 1.3 W, respectively, at a 6.75-V supply voltage. © 2001-2012 IEEE. %Z cited By 2