Mechanical replacement prosthetics have advanced in both esthetics and mechanical
functions, but still require progress in attaining full natural functionality via tactile feedback …

The rising use of capacitive sensors imposes the need of numerous measuring circuits with
different characteristics. Stray fields and conductance losses are thereby key influencing …

The authors here propose an analog interface for differential capacitance estimation, able to
reveal and quantify capacitive variations. Different from other works in the literature, the …

This article reports a novel method to reduce the electrostatic and capacitive nonlinearities
in a disk resonator gyroscope (DRG) and to further improve its ultimate oscillation amplitude …

This paper is a continuation of a previous work with regard to the direct connection of
differential sensors to microcontrollers without using intermediate electronics between them …

A compact, low power interface for capacitive sensors, is described. The output signal is a
pulse width modulated (PWM) signal, where the pulse duration is linearly proportional to the …

To verify the effectiveness of a higher order electromechanical sigma–delta modulator
(ΣΔM), a micromachined accelerometer is fabricated. The in-plane sensor with fully …

In this paper, a mechanical amplification concept for microelectromechanical systems
(MEMS) physical sensors is proposed with the aim to improve their sensitivity. The scheme …

This manuscript presents the development of an integrated analog interface able to convert
differential capacitive sensors variations into a DC voltage. The presented circuit exploits the …

A simplified gravitational reference sensor (S-GRS) is an ultra-precise inertial sensor for
future Earth geodesy missions. These sensors measure or compensate for all non …