Contact-type vibration Sensors using curved clamped PVDF film

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1170-1177

  Toda, Minoru ^a,b   Thompson, Mitchell L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Measurement Specialties Inc   (China)

Author keywords

Contact microphone; Contact vibration sensor; Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PULSE WAVEFORM; CONTACT MICROPHONE; CONTACT VIBRATION SENSOR; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF);

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MICROPHONES; PLASTIC FILMS; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VINYL RESINS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CONTACT SENSORS;

EID: 33749527513     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.881407     Document Type: Article

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