A Universal Transducer Interface for Capacitive and Resistive Sensor Elements

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 249-260

  Van Der Goes, Frank M L ^a,b,c   Meijer, Gerard C M ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Delft University of Technology ^*

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^d Delft Instruments Tang Gauging BV   (Netherlands)

^e Delft Instruments Company ^*

^f IEEE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bridge interface; Captive interface; Smart sensor interface; Smart sensor system; Transducer interface; Universal transducer interface

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROCOMPUTERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); POTENTIOMETERS (RESISTORS); SENSORS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; THERMISTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

BRIDGE INTERFACE; PLATINUM RESISTORS; SMART SENSOR SYSTEM; UNIVERSAL TRANSDUCER INTERFACE;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 0031276778     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008246103915     Document Type: Article

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