Facing drift: A comparison of three methods

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 172-180

  Van Putten, Michael J A M ^a,b   Van Putten, Maurice H P M ^c  

^a VPInstruments BV   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chopping; Drift; Offset; Sensitivity variation; Van putten ADM

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; SENSORS;

ACTIVE SENSOR; CHOPPING; DRIFT; OFFSET; OPERATING CONDITION; SENSITIVITY VARIATION; SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON FLOW SENSORS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 10844257765     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(01)00524-6     Document Type: Article

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