• DocumentCode
    880269
  • Title

    A low-cost, stable reference capacitor for capacitive sensor systems

  • Author

    Toth, Ferry N. ; Bertels, Dorus ; Meijer, Gerard C M

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    4/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    526
  • Lastpage
    530
  • Abstract
    A low-cost reference capacitor has been developed for capacitive sensor systems. The capacitance has been constructed using low-cost material. Over a temperature range from -25 to +75°C the temperature coefficient is less than 18 ppm/°C
  • Keywords
    capacitance measurement; capacitors; electric sensing devices; measurement standards; position measurement; -25 to 75 C; PCB; capacitive sensor systems; ceramic spacer; circular cross-capacitor; linear Thompson-Lampard capacitor; low-cost reference capacitor; nonidealities; parallel-plate capacitor; position sensors; stable reference capacitor; temperature coefficient; Capacitance; Capacitive sensors; Capacitors; Contamination; Dielectric substrates; Electrodes; Permittivity; Stability; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.492780
  • Filename
    492780