An offset-canceling low-noise lock-in architecture for capacitive sensing

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 244-253

  Tavakoli, Maziar ^a   Sarpeshkar, Rahul ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Analog multiplier; Capacitive sensing; Lock in technique; Low noise; MEMS sensor; Mixer; Multiplicative feedback; Nonlinear feedback; Offset cancellation

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; FEEDBACK; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; MODULATION;

CAPACITIVE SENSING;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0037323075     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2002.807173     Document Type: Article

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