A mechanical-stress sensitive differential amplifier

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 132, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 8-13

  Garcia, Vitor ^a   Fruett, Fabiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Low power consumption; Mechanical sensor; Piezo MOS effect

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMACHINING; SENSORS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FEEDBACK ARRANGEMENT; LOW POWER CONSUMPTION; MECHANICAL SENSOR; STRESS SENSITIVITY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33751082445     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.06.060     Document Type: Article

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