A 0-phase circuit for QCM-based measurements in highly viscous liquid environments

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 425-432

  Avramov, Ivan D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Filters; Liquid measurements; Motional resistance; Quartz crystal microbalance; Series resonant frequency

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL RESONATORS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROSENSORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; QUARTZ; VISCOSITY;

LIQUID MEASUREMENTS; MOTIONAL RESISTANCE; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SERIES RESONANT FREQUENCY;

PHASE CHANGING CIRCUITS;

EID: 19944378098     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.841450     Document Type: Article

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