The "smart" diaper moisture detection system

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 659-662

  Sidén, Johan ^a   Koptioug, Andrei ^a   Gulliksson, Mikael ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomedical transducers; Bipolar transistor oscillators; Medical services; Moisture transducers; Printed circuits

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TRANSDUCERS; BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR OSCILLATORS; MEDICAL SERVICES; MOISTURE TRANSDUCERS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); TRANSDUCERS;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

EID: 4444369369     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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