Low-cost, high-precision measurement system for capacitive sensors
Measurement Science and Technology, 9 (3):
510-517 (1998)Abstract
This paper describes a low-cost realization of a precision capacitance measurement instrument. The method is based on synchronous modulation and demodulation operating at a frequency of 100 kHz. A two-channel multiplying digital-to-analogue converter is used to generate a sinusoidal drive voltage and to perform multiplication with the demodulation signal. The modulation and demodulation signals are generated using a direct digital synthesizer, which is implemented using a field programmable gate array. Experimental results show a reproducibility of better than IMG in the range from 50 pF to 600 pF.
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