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Force-sensing capacitor

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Force-sensing capacitors can be used to create low-profile force-sensitive buttons. They have been used in medical imaging to map pressures in the esophagus and to image breast and prostate cancer.
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is applied. They are also known as "force-sensitive capacitors". They can provide improved sensitivity and repeatability compared to
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Martinelli, L; Hurschler, C; Rosenbaum, D (2006-06-01). "Comparison of Capacitive versus Resistive Joint Contact Stress Sensors".
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is the distance between parallel plates. If the material is linearly elastic (so follows
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is the separation between parallel plates when no force is applied.
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Typical force-sensitive capacitors are examples of parallel plate
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Material whose capacitance changes when a force is applied
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but traditionally required more complicated electronics.
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N. The 8mm SingleTact has a nominal capacitance of 75
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(2008-09-01). 1153:Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1336: 1106:mm thick sensor, with force ranges from 1 1056: 1030: 1025:We can express the change in capacitance 1005: 993: 979: 931: 922: 899: 876: 864: 828: 819: 788: 765: 753: 742: 706: 688: 639: 633: 612: 603: 597: 584: 561: 555: 528: 519: 513: 500: 477: 465: 454: 418: 397: 351: 345: 319: 289: 277: 263: 236: 213: 202: 182: 158: 138: 114: 91: 83: 63: 1143: 1021:, which is constant for a given sensor. 967:{\displaystyle \simeq C_{nominal}+BF} 7: 1309:IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 1233: 1231: 672:{\displaystyle d_{nominal}>>x} 1014:{\displaystyle B=\epsilon A/kd^{2}} 1305:"Mechanical Imaging of the Breast" 1165:10.1097/01.blo.0000218730.59838.6a 1058: 1032: 14: 1204:Principles of measurement systems 102:{\displaystyle \varepsilon A/d} 1126:for direct force measurement. 794: 758: 750: 693: 534: 470: 462: 405: 327: 282: 153:is the area of the sensor and 1: 122:{\displaystyle \varepsilon } 1076:{\displaystyle \Delta C=BF} 679:, we can simplify this to: 389:This can be rearranged to: 378:{\displaystyle d_{nominal}} 1436: 1118:pF, which increases by 2.2 1283:Medical Design Technology 1202:Bentley, John P. 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Index

capacitance
force
pressure
stress
force-sensitive resistors
capacitors
permeability
Hooks Law
spring constant
SingleTact
silicon
polyimide
mounted on many surfaces
doi
10.1097/01.blo.0000218730.59838.6a
ISSN
0009-921X
PMID
16672899
S2CID
28558376
ISBN
0470234458
OCLC
30781109


"SingleTact Datasheet"
US Grant US10961981
"Using Capacitive Force Sensors in Next-Gen Medical Products"

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