Flexible eddy current sensor array for proximity sensing

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-130

  Chen, Xianglin ^a   Ding, Tianhuai ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coils array; Displacement measurement; Eddy current sensor; Flexible substrate; Time division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

COILS ARRAY; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; EDDY CURRENT SENSOR; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; SENSOR SYSTEM;

PROXIMITY SENSORS;

EID: 33947204622     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2006.06.056     Document Type: Article

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