A simple and effective testbench for quartz tuning fork characterization and sensing applications

Author

Scandurra, G. ; Cannata, G. ; Giusi, G. ; Ciofi, C.

Author_Institution

Dip. Ing. Elettron., Chim. e Ing. Ind., Univ. of Messina, Messina, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

11-14 May 2015

Firstpage

1871

Lastpage

1876

Abstract

A test and measurement system for the characterization of standard 32 kHz tuning fork crystal based sensors is proposed. A very simple circuit configuration provides for a white noise voltage test signal to be applied to the tuning fork device and to a variable capacitor that, in combination with a differential transimpedance amplifier, allows to detect and amplify the current through the device subtracting the effect of the intrinsic and external stray capacitance. The white noise signal and the output of the transimpedance amplifier are fed to the left and right channels of a PC sound board that provides for signal elaboration and direct extraction of the sensor admittance vs frequency.

Keywords

capacitance; capacitors; operational amplifiers; quartz; vibration measurement; white noise; PC sound board; SiO₂; circuit configuration; differential transimpedance amplifier; direct extraction; external stray capacitance; frequency 32 kHz; intrinsic capacitance; quartz tuning fork characterization; sensing applications; signal elaboration; variable capacitor; white noise voltage test signal; Admittance; Capacitance; Estimation; Frequency measurement; Resonant frequency; Sensors; Vibrations; Noise Measurements; QCM; Quartz Tuning Fork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC), 2015 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Pisa

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I2MTC.2015.7151566

Filename

7151566