Novel switched-capacitor dual slope capacitance to digital converter for differential capacitive sensors

2009 IEEE Intrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-4

  George, Boby ^a   Kumar, V Jagadeesh ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Capacitance to digital converters; Capcitive sensors; Dual slope; Integrating type digital converters; Signal conditioning

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; CAPACITANCE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER; DIGITAL CONVERTERS; DUAL SLOPE; SIGNAL CONDITIONING;

CAPACITANCE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 70449924200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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