A new configuration of nematic liquid crystal thermography with applications to GaN-based devices

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Park, Jeong H ^a   Lee, Chin C ^b  

^a Iteris Inc   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HEAT RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON CARBIDE; SUBSTRATES; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

COLOR FILTER; HETEROJUNCTION FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; LASER ILLUMINATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 32044448969     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.861243     Document Type: Article

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