Ultra-low-power interface chip for autonomous capacitive sensor systems

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 130-140

  Bracke, Wouter ^a   Merken, Patrick ^b   Puers, Robert ^c   Van Hoof, Chris ^b,c  

^a ICsense NV   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Generic sensor interface; Smart energy management; Ultra low power (ULP)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DESIGN; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MONITORING; PRESSURE; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; GENERIC SENSOR INTERFACE CHIP; SMART ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ULTRA LOW POWER;

SENSORS;

EID: 33847659109     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.887978     Document Type: Article

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