Effective number of resolution bits indirect sensor-to-microcontroller interfaces

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2157-2162

  Reverter, Ferran ^a   Pallàs Areny, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ENOB; Microcontroller interface; Quantization error; Sensor interface; Time to digital conversion; Trigger noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CAPACITORS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SENSORS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; EMBEDDED TIMERS; OPTIMAL TIME CONSTANTS; TRIGGER NOISES;

MICROCONTROLLERS;

CONTROL SYSTEM;

EID: 5644265096     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/10/028     Document Type: Article

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