Applicability of field programmable analog arrays to capacitive sensing in the sub-pF range

Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-51

  Callegari, Sergio ^a   Merendino, Giuseppe ^a   Golfarelli, Alessandro ^a,b   Zagnoni, Michele ^a,c   Tartagni, Marco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Advanced Research Center   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d University ^*

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Field Programmable Analog Arrays; Sensor interface circuits

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE; SENSORS; TRIMMING;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG ARRAYS; SENSOR INTERFACE CIRCUITS;

ARRAYS;

EID: 33645007578     PISSN: 09251030     EISSN: 15731979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10470-006-2776-1     Document Type: Article

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