Constant power operation of a two-dimensional flow sensor

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 840-844

  Makinwa, Kofi A A ^a,b   Huijsing, Johan H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constant power operation; Interface electronics; Thermal flow sensor; Thermal sigma delta modulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT POWER OPERATION; INTERFACE ELECTRONICS; THERMAL SIGMA-DELTA MODULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW SENSOR;

DELTA SIGMA MODULATION; DIODES; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENT CIRCUITS; MODULATORS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

THERMOPILES;

EID: 0036703785     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2002.803504     Document Type: Article

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