A monolithic CMOS autocompensated sensor transducer for capacitive measuring systems

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2472-2486

  Chiang, Cheng Ta ^a,b   Wang, Chi Shen ^b,c   Huang, Yu Chung ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Mobile Device Inc   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Complimentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Sensor interface; Sensor transducer; Signal conditioning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENTS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RADIO BROADCASTING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TRANSDUCERS;

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; CAPACITIVE MEASURING; CAPACITIVE SENSOR; COMPENSATION CIRCUITS; COMPLIMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS); DIGITAL FREQUENCIES; DYNAMIC FREQUENCIES; FRONT-END; HARDWARE COSTS; INFRARED; LINEAR RELATIONS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; OPTICAL; OUTPUT SIGNALS; POWER CONSUMPTIONS; PRACTICAL; PULSE STREAMS; SENSOR INTERFACE; SWITCH NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION MEDIAS; ULTRASONIC; VARIABLE CAPACITANCES;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 54949118295     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.925020     Document Type: Article

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