Thick-film resistors on various substrates as sensing elements for strain-gauge applications

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-272

  Hrovat, Marko ^a   Belavič, Darko ^b   Benčan, Andreja ^a   Bernard, Janez ^a   Holc, Janez ^a   Cilenšek, Jena ^a   Smetana, Walter ^c   Homolka, Heinz ^c   Reicher, Roland ^c   Golonka, Leszek ^d   Dziedzic, Andrzej ^d   Kita, Jaroslaw ^d  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b HIPOT R and D   (Slovenia)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Electrical properties; Gauge factor; Microstructure; Thick film resistor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMITTIVITY; RESISTORS; STEEL SHEET; STRAIN GAGES; THERMAL EFFECTS; ZIRCONIA;

THICK-FILM RESISTORS;

THICK FILM DEVICES;

EID: 0242301720     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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