Dual-harmonic oscillator for quartz crystal resonator sensors

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 131-138

  Ferrari, M ^a   Ferrari, V ^a   Kanazawa, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual harmonic oscillator; Overtone; QCR; Quartz crystal resonator

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CRYSTAL RESONATORS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETECTORS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); OXIDE MINERALS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWDERS; QUARTZ; RESONATORS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURES; ELSEVIER (CO); HARMONIC MODES; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; IMPEDANCE ANALYZERS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MICRO RESONATORS; OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS; QUARTZ-CRYSTAL RESONATORS; RESONANT SENSORS; SINGLE SENSORS; THIRD HARMONICS;

SENSORS;

EID: 44849083168     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.10.087     Document Type: Article

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