• DocumentCode
    78088
  • Title

    Strain Gauge Amplifier Circuits

  • Author

    Maundy, Brent ; Gift, Stephan J. G.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
  • Volume
    62
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Apr-13
  • Firstpage
    693
  • Lastpage
    700
  • Abstract
    This paper presents several amplifier circuits for use with strain gauges. The circuits are inherently linear, produce four times the output of the standard Wheatstone bridge, and can easily be extended to accommodate multiple strain gauges. The implementation platform is the low-cost operational amplifier instead of the more expensive instrumentation amplifier, and circuit functionality has been verified using PSPICE simulations, and laboratory tests.
  • Keywords
    Bridge circuits; Instruments; Radio frequency; Resistance; Resistors; Standards; Strain; Amplifiers; analog circuits; operational amplifiers; resistance measurement; strain; strain measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2013.2246904
  • Filename
    6472794
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=78088