An integrated energy-efficient capacitive sensor digital interface circuit

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 216, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-51

  Omran, Hesham ^a   Arsalan, Muhammad ^a   Salama, Khaled N ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Capacitance to digital conversion (CDC); Capacitive sensor interface circuit; CMOS; Energy efficient; Low power

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LOGIC CIRCUITS;

CAPACITANCE-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION (CDC); CAPACITIVE SENSOR INTERFACE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; LOW POWER; LOW TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS;

LOW POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 84901947929     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2014.04.035     Document Type: Article

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