Temperature, humidity and gas sensors integrated on plastic foil for low power applications

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Oprea, A ^a   Courbat, J ^b   Barsan N ^a   Briand, D ^b   de Rooij, N F ^b   Weimar, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capacitive gas sensor; Integrated sensors platforms; Mobile applications; Plastic substrate; Smart RFID; Ultra low power

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE GAS SENSOR; INTEGRATED SENSORS PLATFORMS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATE; SMART RFID; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

CHEMICAL SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; MOISTURE; PLASTICS; RADIO NAVIGATION; SUBSTRATES;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

EID: 67349230850     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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