The MEMS pulsed digital oscillator (PDO) below the Nyquist limit

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 690-696

  Dominguez M ^a   Pons, J ^a   Ricart, J ^a   Figueras, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pulsed digital oscillators, MEMS, Oscillators, Sigma delta

Indexed keywords

MEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS;

OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PULSED DIGITAL OSCILLATORS (PDO); SIGMA-DELTA;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 34247892299     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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