Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Proceedings of the IEEE
Source : Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE (2005)
Keywords : Capacitance, capacitive sensors, Capacitors, Circuit analysis, circuit error, Circuit testing, duty cycle ratio, Electric variables measurement, Instruments, Laboratories, linear transducer output, Oscillators, Permittivity, push-pull type capacitive transducers, relaxation oscillator, relaxation oscillators, resistive transducer, signal conditioning, signal conditioning circuit, signal processing equipment, Transducers
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electronics and Communication
Year : 2005
Abstract : A novel signal conditioning circuit suitable for push-pull type capacitive transducers is proposed. The circuit developed is capable of providing a linear output over a wide range of values of the physical quantity being measured even when the transducer output has an inverse relationship with the measurand. The push-pull type capacitive transducer becomes an integral part of a relaxation oscillator, the duty cycle ratio of the output of which becomes proportional to the measurand. The various sources of error in the circuit are analysed and quantitative expressions to estimate such errors are derived. Results obtained from conducting tests on a prototype indicate that the circuit possesses very low systematic errors
Cite this Research Publication : N. M. Mohan and Kumar, V. J., “Novel Signal Conditioning Circuit for Push-pull Type Capacitive Transducers”, in Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE, 2005.