Integrated and simultaneous multiparameter sensing for tactical applications
Slobodan Rajic, Panos G. Datskos · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 2001
The sensor community has long been presented with the problem of prioritizing among several competing sensor system variables due to the inability to produce a high confidence, low-cost, reliable, and compact device. Typically a solution for very critical scenarios has been a high-cost scale reduction of larger more laboratory based instrumentation. This often produces data on a single parameter that is beyond reproach, however this can also produce a very delicate, bulky, and costly system often requiring a vacuum system or some sort. An alternative approach involves using micro-electro-mechanical systems based sensors.