New noncontacting inductive analog proximity and inductive linear displacement sensors for industrial automation

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1538-1545

  Fericean, Sorin ^a   Droxler, Reinhard ^a  

^a BALLUFF GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analog; application specific integrated circuits (ASICs); coil; displacement; distance; inductive; linear; proximity; sensor; travel

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008025488     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.908232     Document Type: Article

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