Wireless ferroelectric resonating sensor

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 785-791

  Viikari, Ville ^a   Seppä, Heikki ^a   Mattila, Tomi ^a   Alastalo, Ari ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC VARACTOR; INTERMODULATION FREQUENCIES; ITS DATA; RESONATING SENSORS; THEORETICAL EQUATION;

FERROELECTRICITY; VARACTORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 77951086261     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1482     Document Type: Article

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