Sensitivity and optimization of a high-q sapphire dielectric motion-sensing transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1303-1313

  Cuthbertson, Brett D ^a   Tobar, Michael E ^a   Ivanov, Eugene N ^a   Blair, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH Q SAPPHIRE DIELECTRIC MOTION SENSING TRANSDUCER; MICROWAVE PUMP OSCILLATOR;

AMPLIFICATION; ASPECT RATIO; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; SENSORS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0032154160     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.726457     Document Type: Article

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