An Improved Zero Potential Circuit for Readout of a Two-Dimensional Resistive Sensor Array

Jian-Feng Wu1, Feng Wang2, Qi Wang3

  • 1School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China. wjf@seu.edu.cn.

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