A delta-sigma interface circuit for capacitive sensors with an automatically calibrated zero point

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 90-94

  Shin, Dong Yong ^a   Lee, Hyunjoong ^b   Kim, Suhwan ^b  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capacitance; delta sigma modulation; readout integrated circuit; sensors; successive approximation register (SAR)

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITANCE; DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; MODULATORS; SENSORS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DELTA SIGMA MODULATOR; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERFACE CIRCUITS; OVER SAMPLING RATIO; PROTOTYPE CIRCUITS; READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 79952043399     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2010.2104015     Document Type: Article

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