• DocumentCode
    2706052
  • Title

    Differential synchronous demodulator for conductivity sensors

  • Author

    Casanella, Ramon ; Casas, Oscar ; Pallas-Areny, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-24 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1209
  • Abstract
    We present a novel differential synchronous demodulator intended for signal conditioning in a network of conductivity sensors for water quality monitoring. The proposed circuit merges the demodulating and low-pass filtering stages in a single integrator stage and yields the quality performance inherent to coherent demodulation with the added advantages of compactness and low-cost. In the range from 1 kHz to 10 kHz, the common mode rejection ratio is better than 70 dB and the signal-to-noise ratio exceeds 70 dB.
  • Keywords
    demodulators; electric sensing devices; electrical conductivity measurement; 1 to 10 kHz; common mode rejection ratio; compactness; conductivity sensors; demodulating filtering stages; differential synchronous demodulator; low-cost; low-pass filtering stages; signal conditioning; signal-to-noise ratio; water quality monitoring; Conductivity measurement; Costs; Demodulation; Digital signal processing; Dynamic range; Frequency; Integrated circuit measurements; Low pass filters; Sea measurements; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2003. Proceedings of IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8133-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2003.1279137
  • Filename
    1279137