Features and design constraints for an optimized SC front-end circuit for capacitive sensors with a wide dynamic range

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1609-1616

  Heidary, Ali ^b   Meijer, Gerard C M ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurement; Noise; Nonlinearity; Switched capacitor circuits

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CONTROL THEORY; DETECTORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY STORAGE; FEEDBACK; LINEARIZATION; MILITARY DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SENSORS; STANDARDS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CHARGE TRANSFERS; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FEEDBACK CIRCUITS; FRONT-END CIRCUITS; INPUT SIGNALS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK (NFB); NOISE PERFORMANCES; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERION; PARASITIC CAPACITANCES; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY CURRENTS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; SWITCHED CAPACITOR (SC); WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 46749132265     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.922390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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