Design rules for robust capacitive sensors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1261-1265

  Brasseur, Georg ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angular rate sensor; Automotive and industrial application; Carrier frequency system; Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) measures; Ratiometric measurement; Reliable capacitive sensors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; FREQUENCY HOPPING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RESONANT CIRCUITS;

ANGULAR RATE SENSOR; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CARRIER FREQUENCY SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY MEASURES; RATIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 0141919669     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.816812     Document Type: Article

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