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Active and Passive Electronic Components
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 708361, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/708361
Research Article

New Thermoelectric Sensor Adapted to Realize an Infrared Radiations Detector

Mohammed Rahmoun, Khalid Hachami, Abdelwahad Touil, Benaissa Bellach, Mohammed Bailich, and Ammar Merdani

Electronics and Telecommunications Team, School of Applied Sciences Engineering, University Med Premier, Oujda, Morocco

Received 7 April 2011; Revised 4 June 2011; Accepted 8 June 2011

Academic Editor: Jiun Wei Horng

Copyright © 2011 Mohammed Rahmoun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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