A current-mode, dual slope, integrated capacitance-to-pulse duration converter

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1884-1891

  Bruschi, Paolo ^a   Nizza, Nicolò ^a   Piotto, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analog integrated circuits; Capacitance transducer; Pulse width modulation

Indexed keywords

JITTER; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SENSORS;

ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS;

EID: 34548272022     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.903102     Document Type: Article

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