학술논문

Oversampled capacitance-to-voltage converter IC with application to SiC MEMS resonator
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2003 (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37498) IEEE Sensors 2003 Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE. 2:882-887 Vol.2 2003
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Application specific integrated circuits
Silicon carbide
Micromechanical devices
Bandwidth
Signal resolution
Electronic circuits
Motion measurement
Time measurement
Capacitance measurement
Position measurement
Language
Abstract
This paper reports the first electronic circuit used to measure MEMS resonator motion in the time domain. The measurement of shuttle position is made using a capacitance-to-voltage converter IC that has been developed by combining correlated double sampling with delta modulation in a fully differential circuit topology. This oversampling circuit may be adjusted to trade bandwidth (sample rate) for resolution, while reference level may be adjusted to set the desired sensitivity to accommodate a large range of capacitive sensor interface applications. For example, test results demonstrate a resolution of 170 aF for a signal bandwidth of 3 kHz, a 68-dB dynamic range, and nonlinearity less than 0.16%.