An energy-efficient 15-bit capacitive-sensor interface based on period modulation

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1703-1711

  Tan, Zhichao ^a   Shalmany, Saleh Heidary ^a   Meijer, Gerard C M ^a   Pertijs, Michiel A P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor interface; energy efficiency; low power sensor interface; period modulation; relaxation oscillator

Indexed keywords

AUTO CALIBRATION; CURRENT CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENT; LOW POWER; MEASUREMENT TIME; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP; OUTPUT SIGNAL; OUTPUT SWING; PARASITIC CAPACITORS; PERIOD-MODULATED OUTPUT; POWER SUPPLY; RATIOMETRIC; SENSOR CAPACITANCE; SENSOR INTERFACE; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; TIME INTERVAL;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CAPACITORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); RELAXATION OSCILLATORS; SENSORS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84862996784     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2012.2191212     Document Type: Article

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