Charge injection compensation for charge/discharge capacitance measuring circuits used in tomography systems

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Abstract

The charge/discharge capacitance measuring circuits used in electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) systems employ CMOS switches to control the charge/discharge operation. The gate-channel capacitances of these switches inject additional charges into the measuring circuits, reducing system accuracy. This paper describes a method for compensating these charge injection signals and for obtaining absolute capacitance measurements. The system errors are analysed and the measurement accuracy is assessed. Experimental results show that the charge/discharge circuit with charge injection compensation can measure small capacitance values, down to a few femtofarads in magnitude.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1073-1078
Number of pages6
JournalMeasurement Science and Technology
Volume7
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1996

Keywords

  • Tomography
  • Electric impedance tomography
  • Capacitance tomography

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