Functional electrical sensors as single component electrically open circuits having no electrical connections

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3206-3213

  Woodard, Stanley E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid level sensor; magnetic field response sensor; open circuit sensor; SansEC; self health monitoring sensor; wireless passive sensor

Indexed keywords

LEVEL SENSORS; OPEN-CIRCUIT SENSOR; PASSIVE SENSOR; SANSEC; SELF-HEALTH MONITORING SENSOR;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FLUIDS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD STORAGE; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONITORING; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

SENSORS;

EID: 77953748013     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2047546     Document Type: Article

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