New quartz oscillator switching method for nano-henry range inductance measurements

Sensors

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3105-3117

  Matko, Vojko ^a   Jezernik, Karel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Compensation of quartz crystal temperature characteristics; Nano henry range measurement of small inductance changes; Switching oscillating method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858977326     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120303105     Document Type: Article

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