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title = "Capacitive Sensors"
author = ["Thomas Dehaeze"]
draft = false
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Tags
: [Position Sensors]({{< relref "position_sensors" >}})


## Description of Capacitive Sensors {#description-of-capacitive-sensors}

-   <http://www.lionprecision.com/tech-library/technotes/cap-0020-sensor-theory.html>
-   <https://www.lionprecision.com/comparing-capacitive-and-eddy-current-sensors>


## Manufacturers {#manufacturers}

| Manufacturers  | Links                                                                                              | Country     |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
| Micro Sense    | [link](http://www.microsense.net/products-position-sensors.htm)                                    | USA         |
| Micro-Epsilon  | [link](https://www.micro-epsilon.com/displacement-position-sensors/capacitive-sensor/)             | Germany     |
| PI             | [link](https://www.physikinstrumente.com/en/technology/sensor-technologies/capacitive-sensors/)    | Germany     |
| Unipulse       | [link](https://www.unipulse.com/product/ps-ia/)                                                    | Japan       |
| Lion-Precision | [link](https://www.lionprecision.com/products/capacitive-sensors)                                  | USA         |
| Fogale         | [link](http://www.fogale.fr/brochures.html)                                                        | USA         |
| Queensgate     | [link](https://www.nanopositioning.com/product-category/nanopositioning/nanopositioning-sensors)   | UK          |
| Capacitec      | [link](https://www.capacitec.com/Displacement-Sensing-Systems)                                     | USA         |
| MTIinstruments | [link](https://www.mtiinstruments.com/products/non-contact-measurement/capacitance-sensors/)       | USA         |
| Althen         | [link](https://www.althensensors.com/sensors/linear-position-sensors/capacitive-position-sensors/) | Netherlands |

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