A conduction-convection design for liquid flow sensing

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 66, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Castañer, Luis ^a,b   Jiménez, Vicente ^a   Domínguez, Manuel ^a   Masana, Francesc ^a   Rodríguez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Microsystems; Modelling of sensors; Sigma delta A D conversion; Solid state flow meters

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; FLOWMETERS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HOT WIRE FLUID FLOW SENSORS; SOLID STATE FLOWMETERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0032047211     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01760-3     Document Type: Article

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