ACC Oscillator for In-Liquid Quartz Microbalance Sensors

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 849-854

  Ferrari, Vittorio ^a   Marioli, Daniele ^a   Taroni, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitance compensation; Oscillator circuit; Quarzt crystal microbalance (QCM); Thickness shear mode (TSM) sensor

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; COATINGS; CRYSTALS; DAMPING; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PERMITTIVITY; QUARTZ; RESONANCE; VISCOELASTICITY;

AUTOMATIC CAPACITANCE COMPENSATION (ACC); OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCB); THICKNESS-SHEAR MODE (TSM) SENSORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 1542273424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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