Wireless calibration of a surface acoustic wave resonator as a strain sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1026-1032

  Donohoe, Brian ^a   Geraghty, Dermot ^a   O'Donnell, Garret E ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calibration; sensor; strain; surface acoustic wave (SAW)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ADHESIVES; CALIBRATION; RESONATORS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORS; STRAIN;

CALIBRATION DATA; SENSOR SENSITIVITY; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATORS; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES; TEMPERATURE STABILITY; TESTING METHODOLOGY; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; TRANSVERSE STRAIN;

ACOUSTIC WAVES;

EID: 79951522741     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2070492     Document Type: Article

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