Analysis of a direct interface circuit for capacitive sensors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2931-2937

  Gaitán Pitre, Jorge E ^a,b   Gasulla, Manel ^b   Pallàs Areny, Ramon ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE PAMPLONA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurement; Capacitive sensor; Charge transfer method; Direct sensor interface; Microcontroller unit (MCU)

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; CHARGE-TRANSFER; CHARGE-TRANSFER METHOD; DIRECT SENSOR INTERFACE; FULL-SCALE RANGES; INTERFACE CIRCUITS; MEASUREMENT DEVIATIONS; MICROCONTROLLER UNIT; MICROCONTROLLER UNIT (MCU); POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE; STRAY CAPACITANCES; SUBRANGE; TWO-POINT CALIBRATION;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; LOGIC CIRCUITS; SENSORS;

MICROCONTROLLERS;

EID: 69249233515     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2016782     Document Type: Article

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