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Precision Instrumentation Amplifiers and Read-Out Integrated Circuits

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This thesis describes the theory, design and realization of precision instrumentation amplifiers and read-out ICs for interfacing bridge transducers and thermocouples. The goal of the work is to investigate power-efficient techniques to eliminate low frequency (LF) errors in the read-out electronics, so as to achieve high accuracy, low noise and low drift while preserving low power consumption.

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Wu, R., Huijsing, J.H., Makinwa, K.A.A. (2013). Introduction. In: Precision Instrumentation Amplifiers and Read-Out Integrated Circuits. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3731-4_1

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