High resolution sigma delta modulator for capacitance sensor terminal displacement measurement

A single plate capacitance sensor includes a sensor capacitor and a reference capacitor that share common plate. A capacitance-to-digital sigma delta modulator provides separate sensor excitation and reference excitation signals to the sensor capacitor and the reference capacitor to provide high res...

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Hauptverfasser:	Schulte John Paul, Wang Rongtai
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVEREDIN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL CODING DECODING ELECTRICITY MEASURING MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER,MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PHYSICS TARIFF METERING APPARATUS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A single plate capacitance sensor includes a sensor capacitor and a reference capacitor that share common plate. A capacitance-to-digital sigma delta modulator provides separate sensor excitation and reference excitation signals to the sensor capacitor and the reference capacitor to provide high resolution detection. Programmable ratio-metric excitation voltages and adaptive excitation voltage sources can be used to enhance modulator performance.