SAW-Based radio sensor systems

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-78

  Reindl, Leonhard M ^a,b   Pohl, Alfred ^a,c,d   Scholl, Gerd ^a,e   Weigel, Robert ^f  

^a IEEE   (Austria)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS AG ÖSTERREICH   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e EPCOS AG   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Local radar transceiver; Magnetic field; Passive saw transponder for sensing; Pressure; Temperature; Tire road friction; Torque, water content of soil; Wireless measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001970270     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2001.923589     Document Type: Article

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