Low Power Capacitive Angle Sensor
Conference: Sensoren und Messsysteme - 19. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung
06/26/2018 - 06/27/2018 at Nürnberg, Deutschland
Proceedings: Sensoren und Messsysteme
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Gintner, Klemens (University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Abstract:
A new sensor concept for a low power capacitive angle sensor is proposed. The measuring range is about at least 90deg and can be expanded. This sensor is suitable for applications with a very limited space available and where magnetic field sensors should not be used. The information about the angle at the output of a low power signal conditioning electronics is frequency-bound and can easily be measured with microcontrollers. The total power consumption of the sensor and electronics is lower than 150 muW.