A new high-frequency surface acoustic wave sensor for humidity measurement

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2019-2023

  Kawalec, Adam ^a   Pasternak, Mateusz ^a  

^a MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Harmonic oscillators; Relative humidity (RH) sensors; Surface acoustic wave (SAW) gas sensors

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE ARC WELDING; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLADDING (COATING); ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RESONATORS; SAWING; SENSORS; SILICONES; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL-; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; NAFION COATING; OXIDIZING AGENTS; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH) SENSORS; RESONATOR HARMONICS; SAW RESONATORS; SHORT RESPONSE TIME; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) GAS SENSORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSORS;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES;

EID: 49549124215     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.917255     Document Type: Article

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