A capacitive sensor interface circuit based on relative phase delay

Proceedings of the International Instrumentation Symposium

Volumn 479, Issue , 2009, Pages 72-83

  Dean, Robert ^a   Rane, Aditi ^a   Hyatt, Nesha ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Interface circuit; Phase detection

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; CAPACITIVE SENSOR INTERFACE; CMOS INVERTERS; DC SIGNALS; FAST RESPONSE TIME; LINEAR RESPONSE; LOW-PASS FILTERING; MEASURAND; PHASE DELAY; PHASE DETECTION; PHASE DETECTORS; PROPORTIONAL CHANGE; PULSE TRAIN; RELATIVE PHASE; RESISTIVE SENSOR; SENSOR IMPLEMENTATION;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CAPACITANCE; COUNTING CIRCUITS; INSTRUMENTS; LOCOMOTIVES; LOGIC CIRCUITS; PHASE INTERFACES; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; RAILROAD CARS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SENSORS;

EID: 72949088192     PISSN: 15588041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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