Highly sensitive thermistors based on high-purity polycrystalline cubic silicon carbide

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 167-171

  De Vasconcelos, Elder A ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Zhang, W Y ^a   Uchida, H ^a   Katsube, T ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SENSORS; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON WAFERS;

RESISTANCE-TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR SENSORS;

THERMISTORS;

EID: 0033740634     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00351-4     Document Type: Article

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