Field programmable analog arrays for conditioning ultrasonic sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1176-1182

  Baccigalupi, Aldo ^a   Liccardo, Annalisa ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL CONTROLLERS; ECHO ATTENUATION; END USERS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG ARRAY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE ANALOG ARRAYS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS; ON THE FLIES; OPERATING CONDITION; SENSOR OUTPUT;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 54949146720     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.901036     Document Type: Article

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