Historical Perspective of Accelerometer Technologies

IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 256-267

  Licht, Torben R ^a   Scheeper, Patrick R ^a  

^a A S Briiel Kjaer   (Denmark)

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EID: 85010175133     PISSN: 13418939     EISSN: 13475525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejsmas.116.256     Document Type: Article

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