发明名称 |
Capacitance measurement circuit with digital output |
摘要 |
A capacitance measurement circuit detects a change in capacitance between a variable capacitor and a fixed reference capacitor in a bridge network and provides feedback current to null-balance the bridge. An error signal is amplified at high gain by a differential integrator having an output that is converted to a high-frequency stream of digital pulses of constant amplitude and width. The pulse stream is integrated to provide a voltage to control feedback current used to balance the bridge. The average pulse density per unit time, or the frequency of the digital pulses, is linearly proportional to a change in capacitance of said variable capacitor to high accuracy over a wide dynamic range.
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申请公布号 |
US2001020850(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.09.13 |
申请号 |
US20010816551 |
申请日期 |
2001.03.24 |
申请人 |
MCINTOSH ROBERT B.;PATTERSON STEVEN R. |
发明人 |
MCINTOSH ROBERT B.;PATTERSON STEVEN R. |
分类号 |
G01D5/241;G01L9/00;G01L9/12;G01L11/00;G01P15/125;G01P15/13;G01R27/26;(IPC1-7):H01H73/00 |
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G01D5/241 |
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