A low-power/low-noise readout circuit for integrated capacitive sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 755-769

  Dimitropoulos, Panagiotis D ^a   Karampatzakis, Dimitris P ^b   Panagopoulos, Georgios D ^b   Stamoulis, Georgios I ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

ASIC; Capacitive sensor; CMOS analog IC; Lowpower; Switched capacitor

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; OPERATIONAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIER (OTA); RATIOMETRIC CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; SWITCHED CAPACITORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 33947158112     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.874439     Document Type: Article

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