A high-accuracy, high-speed interface circuit for differential-capacitance transducer

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Hu, H L ^a,b,c   Xu, T M ^a,d,e,f   Hui, S E ^a,d,g,h  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Smart Transducer Research Group   (China)

^c China Society of Electrical Engineering   (China)

^d China Society of Power Engineering   (China)

^e China Energy Research Institute   (China)

^f Energy Resource Dynamics Teaching Guiding Committee of Colleges and University

^g Department of Thermal Engineering ^*

^h Energy and Power Division   (China)

Author keywords

Capacitor array; Differential capacitance transducer; Interface circuit; Lock in detector

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR-ARRAYS; DIFFERENTIAL-CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCER; INTERFACE CIRCUITS; LOCK-IN DETECTORS;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 29144512267     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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