A system for the dynamic control and thermal characterization of ultra low power gas sensors

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1876-1883

  Rastrello, Fabio ^a   Placidi, Pisana ^a   Scorzoni, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embedded system; gas microsensor; metaloxide (MOX) sensor; microheater; thermal transient response; ultralow power (ULP)

Indexed keywords

GAS MICROSENSOR; METALOXIDE (MOX) SENSOR; MICROHEATER; THERMAL TRANSIENT RESPONSE; ULTRA-LOW POWER;

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENERGY GAP; EXPERIMENTS; GAS DETECTORS; HEATING EQUIPMENT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSENSORS; PLATINUM; RINGS (COMPONENTS); TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

HEATING;

EID: 79953803407     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2089130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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