Low-cost, high-precision measurement system for capacitive sensors

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 510-517

  Kolle, C ^a   O'Leary, P ^b,c  

^a JOANNEUM RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; DEMODULATION; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; LOGIC GATES; MODULATION;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0032024185     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/9/3/028     Document Type: Article

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