A very accurate measurement system for multielectrode capacitive sensors

被引:25
作者
Toth, FN
Meijer, GCM
Kerkvliet, HMM
机构
[1] Faculty of Electrical Engineering - DIMES, Delft University of Technology, 2628 AG Delft
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10.1109/19.492781
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A very accurate capacitance-measurement system consisting of a discrete capacitance-dependent oscillator and a microcontroller has been developed, It can measure multielectrode capacitors with capacitances up to 2 pF, with an accuracy of 100 ppm with respect to a reference capacitor. The resolution amounts to 50 aF with a total measurement time of 300 ms.
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页码:531 / 535
页数:5
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