Fundamental Noise Limit of Piezoelectric Accelerometer

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-111

  Levinzon, Felix A ^a  

^a Endevco Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Low noise accelerometer; Noise; Piezoelectric; Transducer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); HARMONIC GENERATION; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SENSORS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

LOW-NOISE ACCELEROMETER; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; NOISE LIMIT; PIEZOELECTRIC;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 2342504551     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.820366     Document Type: Article

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