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Determining the dimension of subsurface defects by active infrared thermography – experimental research
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, 42-200, Poland
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J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 11, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-11-1-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-11-1-2022, 2022
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Richard Nauber, Lars Büttner, and Jürgen Czarske
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 9, 227–238, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-9-227-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-9-227-2020, 2020
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Alida Ilse Maria Schwebig and Rainer Tutsch
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 9, 167–178, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-9-167-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-9-167-2020, 2020
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J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 8, 161–169, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-8-161-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-8-161-2019, 2019
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Ingrid Ullmann, Julian Adametz, Daniel Oppelt, Andreas Benedikter, and Martin Vossiek
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 7, 309–317, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-7-309-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-7-309-2018, 2018
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Johannes Gürtler, Daniel Haufe, Anita Schulz, Friedrich Bake, Lars Enghardt, Jürgen Czarske, and Andreas Fischer
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 5, 125–136, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-5-125-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-5-125-2016, 2016
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A. Tempelhahn, H. Budzier, V. Krause, and G. Gerlach
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 5, 9–16, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-5-9-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-5-9-2016, 2016
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Infrared cameras based on microbolometer focal plane arrays (FPAs) are the most widely used cameras in thermography. For acceptable measurement uncertainty values, the disturbing influences of changing ambient temperature have to be considered. We propose a TEC-less and shutter-less correction approach based on additional temperature measurements inside the IR camera. The effects on the pixel responsivity and offset voltage are considered separately.
M. Schüler, T. Sauerwald, and A. Schütze
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 4, 305–311, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-305-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-305-2015, 2015
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We study the effect of HMDSO vapor on an SnO2-based gas sensor in temperature cycled operation (TCO). The poisoning can be quantified at early stages with a resolution of ±85 ppm*min using TCO. This approach provides a simple method for early detection of HMDSO poisoning.
The stability of gas discrimination by linear discriminant analysis (LDA) can be improved using normalization, which in turn facilitates a more accurate determination of the poisoning state by hierarchical LDA discrimination.
A. Schuler, T. Hausotte, and Z. Sun
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 4, 199–208, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-199-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-199-2015, 2015
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Measurement tasks of modern micro- and nanometrology with decreasing structure sizes and rising aspect ratios require nanometre-resolving 3-D capable sensors. A 3-D probing system based on electrical interaction is presented which is operated on a nanopositioning system NMM-1. New 3-D measurement procedures for the probing system as well as for micrometrology measurement tasks in general are shown.
A. Dragoneas, L. Hague, and M. Grell
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 4, 169–177, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-169-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-169-2015, 2015
A. Ens and L. M. Reindl
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 4, 9–16, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-9-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-4-9-2015, 2015
M. Schüler, T. Sauerwald, and A. Schütze
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 3, 213–221, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-3-213-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-3-213-2014, 2014
Y. Wang, D. Ewert, T. Meisen, D. Schilberg, and S. Jeschke
J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 3, 113–120, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-3-113-2014, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-3-113-2014, 2014
D. Griefahn, J. Wollnack, and W. Hintze
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J. Sens. Sens. Syst., 2, 147–156, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-2-147-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/jsss-2-147-2013, 2013
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