A readout circuit with wide dynamic range for differential capacitive sensing applications

Author(s):  
Fatemeh Aezinia ◽  
Behraad Bahreyni
2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 523-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyunwoo Son ◽  
Hwasuk Cho ◽  
Jahyun Koo ◽  
Youngwoo Ji ◽  
Byungsub Kim ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Benjamin R. Geheb ◽  
Meggie M.G. Grafton ◽  
JaeHyuk Jang ◽  
Lisa M. Reece ◽  
James F. Leary ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 108 (23) ◽  
pp. 232906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hossein Zarifi ◽  
Mojgan Daneshmand

Author(s):  
Hyunwoo Son ◽  
Hwasuk Cho ◽  
Jahyun Koo ◽  
Youngwoo Ji ◽  
Byungsub Kim ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1134-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Hsin-Lin Lu ◽  
Mac Inerowicz ◽  
Sanghoon Joo ◽  
Jong-Kee Kwon ◽  
Byunghoo Jung

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
Sameer Sonkusale

Designing low-noise current readout circuits at high speed is challenging. There is a need for preamplification stages to amplify weak input currents before being processed by conventional integrator based readout. However, the high current gain preamplification stage usually limits the dynamic range. This article presents a 140 dB input dynamic range low-noise current readout circuit with a noise floor of 10 fArms/sq(Hz). The architecture uses a programmable bidirectional input current gain stage followed by an integrator-based analog-to-pulse conversion stage. The programmable current gains setting enables one to achieve higher overall input dynamic range. The readout circuit is designed and in 0.18 μm CMOS and consumes 10.3 mW power from a 1.8 V supply. The circuit has been verified using post-layout simulations.


Author(s):  
F. Ouyang ◽  
D. A. Ray ◽  
O. L. Krivanek

Electron backscattering Kikuchi diffraction patterns (BKDP) reveal useful information about the structure and orientation of crystals under study. With the well focused electron beam in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), one can use BKDP as a microanalysis tool. BKDPs have been recorded in SEMs using a phosphor screen coupled to an intensified TV camera through a lens system, and by photographic negatives. With the development of fiber-optically coupled slow scan CCD (SSC) cameras for electron beam imaging, one can take advantage of their high sensitivity and wide dynamic range for observing BKDP in SEM.We have used the Gatan 690 SSC camera to observe backscattering patterns in a JEOL JSM-840A SEM. The CCD sensor has an active area of 13.25 mm × 8.83 mm and 576 × 384 pixels. The camera head, which consists of a single crystal YAG scintillator fiber optically coupled to the CCD chip, is located inside the SEM specimen chamber. The whole camera head is cooled to about -30°C by a Peltier cooler, which permits long integration times (up to 100 seconds).


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