A 0.026mm2 capacitance-to-digital converter for biotelemetry applications using a charge redistribution technique

2007 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, A-SSCC

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 244-247

  Tanaka, Kota ^a   Kuramochi, Yasuhide ^a   Kurashina, Takashi ^a   Okada, Kenichi ^a   Matsuzawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; RANGE FINDING; SENSORS;

CHARGE REDISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VOLTAGES; SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE; SUPPLY VOLTAGES;

CAPACITANCE;

EID: 51349084670     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASSCC.2007.4425776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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