Comparison between B AW and SAW sensor principles

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1314-1330

  Benes, Ewald ^a   Gröschl, Martin ^a   Seifert, Franz ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY CONTROL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; SENSORS; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER; BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE PRINCIPLES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0032155944     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.726458     Document Type: Article

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