Robust design of SAW gas sensors by Taguchi dynamic method

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1394-1408

  Tsai, Hsun Heng ^a   Wu, Der Ho ^a   Chiang, Ting Lung ^a   Chen, Hsin Hua ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dynamic taguchi method; Finite Element Method (FEM); Signal to noise ratio; Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW)

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFICIENT; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS METHOD; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; OUTPUT RESPONSE; ROBUST DESIGNS; SAW GAS SENSORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TAGUCHI METHODS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 63849122959     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90301394     Document Type: Article

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