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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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A Readout Circuit for Piezoelectric Sensors with Digital Range-Enhancement

Huang, Wen-chi 09 August 2010 (has links)
This thesis presents a fully integratable read-out front-end for recording from piezoelectric sensors. It is proposed to periodically reset the input signal to avoid build-up of large voltages across the circuit input terminals. Digitizing the signal after buffering allows removal of the reset steps in the digital domain, thus yielding a faithful representation of the applied input force variation. Different realignment algorithms are presented in this thesis, and the measured results as well as the simulated results from a bench setup are reported which confirm a 52.5 dB dynamic range and recording of frequencies as low as 0.55 Hz. It is also shown the effect of input current leakage is reduced. The proposed system is simulated using the Cadence Spectre simulator, Synopsys HSPICE and National Instruments LabVIEW to confirm its operation. Different realignment algorithms are examined using MATLAB. The read-out circuit is further realized by 0.35 £gm 2-poly 4-metal Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) process technology. The chip measured results are reported and compared to the simulation. The measured implementation yields a pressure recording range of 0.4 N to 169 N, while consuming 230 £gW from 3 V supplies.

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