Novel low voltage low power oscillator as a capacitive sensor interface for portable applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 437-441

  Ferri, Giuseppe ^a   De Laurentiis, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CMOS OSCILLATOR; INTERFACE ELECTRONICS; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0343932628     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(98)00368-9     Document Type: Article

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