A high-speed capacitive-sensor interface using a relaxation oscillator and a fast counter

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 811-816

  Gasulla, Manel ^a   Li, Xiujun ^b   Meijer, Gerard C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROCONTROLLERS; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; COUNTING CIRCUITS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TIME MEASUREMENT;

FAST COUNTERS;

SENSORS; CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

CAPACITIVE SENSOR INTERFACE; FREQUENCY; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL NOISE; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; PARASITIC CAPACITANCE; QUANTIZATION NOISE; SIGNAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0038168849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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