《Applicable Equipment》.pdfVIP

LION PRECISION TechNote LT03-0020 • November 2015 Capacitive Sensor Operation and Optimization Contents Applicable Equipment: Capacitance and Distance–2 Capacitive displacement measurement systems. Focusing the Electric Field–4 Effects of Target Size–4 Range of Measurement–4 Multiple Channel Sensing–5 Applications: Effects of Target Material–5 All capacitive measurements. Measuring Non-Conductors–5 Maximizing Accuracy–6 Target Size–6 Summary: Target Shape–7 This TechNote reviews concepts and theory of capacitive sensing to Surface Finish–7 help in optimizing capacitive sensor performance. It also defines ca- Parallelism–7 pacitive sensing terms as used throughout Lion Precision literature Environment–8 and manuals. Factory Calibration–9 Definitions–10 Sensitivity–10 Sensitivity Error–10 Offset Error–10 Linearity Error–10 Error Band–12 Bandwidth–12 Resolution–12 Lion Precision • 563 Shoreview Park Rd. • St. Paul, MN 55126 • 651-484-6544 • • info@ ©2015 All Rights Reserved Capacitance and Distance Noncontact capacitive sensors work by measuring changes in an electrical property called capacitance. Capacitance describes how two conductive objects + with a space between them respon