An efficient extension of the zero-crossing technique to measure frequency of noisy signals

2012 IEEE I2MTC - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2706-2709

  Grillo, Domenicantonio ^a   Pasquino, Nicola ^a   Angrisani, Leopoldo ^a   Schiano Lo Moriello, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

electronic counters; frequency measurement; zero crossing technique

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE WHITE GAUSSIAN NOISE; ELECTRONIC COUNTERS; FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS; LOW-COST DEVICES; MEASURE FREQUENCY; NOISE LEVELS; NOISY SIGNALS; RELATIVE ERRORS; TIME INTERVAL; ZERO-CROSSINGS;

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC);

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 84864186306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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