Design principles for multicuhannel fringing electric field sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 434-440

  Li, Xiaobei B ^b,d   Larson, Sam D ^b   Zyuzin, Alexei S ^c   Mamishev, Alexander V ^a,b,e,f  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c dTEC Systems LLC   (United States)

^d INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Sensors Energy and Automation Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentric sensor; Dielectrometry; Fringing electric field (FEF); Imaging

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRIC FEF SENSORS; DIELECTROMETRY; MULTICHANNEL FRINGING ELECTRIC FIELD (FEF) SENSORS; SENSOR GEOMETRY; SHIELDING ELECTRODE WIDTH; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SHIELDING; SUBSTRATES;

SENSORS;

EID: 33645155748     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.870161     Document Type: Article

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