A position-sense interface with improved transfer characteristics. Electrical position detection circuitry, which may be substantially time-multiplexed or frequency-multiplexed, comprises a differential charge 
integrator with input-sensed output-driven 
common mode feedback. By placing sense capacitors in the 
feedback loop of said differential charge 
integrator with input-sensed output-driven 
common mode feedback, improved position sensing 
linearity is attained. In some embodiments of the invention, a compensating charge is applied to the sense capacitors in a fashion that minimizes the output common mode shift of the opamp. The magnitude of the compensating charge may be preset at a substantially constant level, or derived by a 
feedback loop that measures the shift in output common mode 
voltage in response to an 
excitation signal and adjusts the magnitude of the compensating charge to drive said shift towards zero.The invention has numerous advantages for acceleration measurement in both open-loop and force-balanced accelerometers, as well as rotation 
rate measurement in a vibratory rate 
gyroscope. Other applications in which the invention may prove advantageous include: 
motion detection for an oscillation-sustaining 
feedback loop; position detection of actuators, including micro-actuators used for effecting controlled motion of a disk-drive read / write head, or effecting controlled motion of an 
optically active device, such as a positionable mirror for use in 
fiber-optic data communications; and application of electrostatic forces for large motions.