A lateral field excited liquid acoustic wave sensor

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 46-51

  Hu, Yihe ^a   French Jr , Lester A ^a   Radecsky, Kristen ^a   Dacunha, Mauricio Pereira ^a   Millard, Paul ^a   Vetelino, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS; LATERAL FIELD EXCITED (LFE) SENSORS; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM); THICKNESS SHEAR MODE (TSM);

CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT TESTING; PERMITTIVITY; SENSORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

EID: 4143109280     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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