Constant current drive for resistive sensors based on generalized impedance converter

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2290-2296

  Ramírez Muñoz, Diego ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Jaime ^a   Reig Escrivà, Càndid ^a   Casans Berga, Silvia ^a   Navarro Antón, A Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Current loop; Current measurement; Electronic interface; Generalized impedance converter (GIC); Gyrator; Magnetoresistive sensor; Wheatstone bridge

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; INTERCALATION; LITHIUM BATTERIES; OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIERS; SENSORS;

BANDWIDTH LIMITATIONS; COMMON MODES; CONSTANT CURRENT; CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; CURRENT LOOP; CURRENT MEASUREMENT; CURRENT SENSOR; CURRENT SOURCE; ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; GENERALIZED IMPEDANCE CONVERTER (GIC); GYRATOR; INPUT IMPEDANCES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MAGNETORESISTIVE; MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR; PROGRAMMABLE CURRENT; RESISTIVE SENSORS; STATIC OFFSETS; TYPICAL VALUES; WHEATSTONE BRIDGE; WHEATSTONE BRIDGES;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 52649127339     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.919900     Document Type: Article

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