A procedure for validating the finite element model of a piezoresistive ceramic pressure sensor

IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 668-675

  Zarnik, Marina Santo ^a,b   Belavic, Darko ^a,b   Friedel, Kazimierz P ^c   Wymysłowski, Artur ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b HIPOT   (Slovenia)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ceramic pressure sensors (CPSs); Device under test (DUT); Finite element (FE) model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESISTORS; SENSORS; THICK FILM DEVICES;

CERAMIC PRESSURE SENSORS (CPSS); DEVICE UNDER TEST (DUT); ELECTROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PIEZORESISTIVE SENSORS; THICK FILM RESISTORS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 10244232785     PISSN: 15213331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCAPT.2004.838869     Document Type: Article

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