Contactless electromagnetic excitation of resonant sensors made of conductive miniaturized structures

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Baù, Marco ^a   Ferrari, Vittorio ^a   Marioli, Daniele ^a   Sardini, Emilio ^a   Serpelloni, Mauro ^a   Taroni, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contactless sensors; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic excitation; Microresonators; Resonant sensors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; RESONATORS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CONTACTLESS SENSORS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; MICRO RESONATORS; RESONANT SENSORS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

EID: 55349104450     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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