Thick-film sensors: Past, present and future

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-20

  White, N M ^a,b,c   Turner, J D ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Southampton ^*

^c Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e Hawker Siddeley Aviation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONICS; SILICON SENSORS; THICK FILM DEVICES;

HYBRID CIRCUIT; THICK FILM SENSOR;

SENSORS;

EID: 0030782590     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/8/1/002     Document Type: Review

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