Electrostriction enhancement of solid-state capacitance sensing

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 318-325

  Shkel, Yuri M ^a   Ferrier, Nicola J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensors; Electrostriction; Pressure; Solid state capacitor; Strain; Stress; Tactile

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROSTRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; SENSORS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS; SOLID STATE CAPACITOR;

MECHATRONICS;

EID: 0141953959     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2003.816805     Document Type: Article

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