Design considerations of miller oscillators for high-sensitivity QCM sensors in damping media

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1965-1976

  Rodriguez Pardo, Loreto ^a,b   Fariña, Jose ^a,b   Gabrielli, Claude ^c   Perrot, Hubert ^c   Brendel, Remi ^d  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING MEDIA; MILLER OSCILLATORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

DAMPING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; RESONATORS;

CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS;

EID: 37049018622     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.490     Document Type: Article

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