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Smart, Intelligent and Cogent Microsensors – Intelligence for Sensors and Sensors for Intelligence

Gaura E., Newman R.M., Coventry University, UK

The paper develops a terminology to describe sensors which have been enhanced in some way by the integration of some additional processing circuitry. Several terms, current in the literature, including 'smart sensors' and 'intelligent sensors' [...]

Electrostatic Tuning of a Micro-Ring Gyroscope

Gallacher B.J., Hedley J., Burdess J.S., Harris A.J., Rickard A., King D., Insat University of Newcastle, UK

This paper describes a procedure for identifying and correcting anisoinertia and anisoelasticity present in a micro-ring gyroscope. The major disadvantages of popular tuning methods such as mass trimming using laser ablation or focussed ion beam [...]

Simulation of Micromachined Inertial Sensors with Higher-Order Single Loop Sigma-Delta Modulators

Dong Y., Kraft M., University of Southampton, UK

Micromachined capacitive inertial sensors incorporated in sigma-delta force-feedback loops have been proven to improve linearity, dynamic range and bandwidth, and also provide a direct digital output. Previous work mainly focused on using only the sensing [...]

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Smart, Intelligent and Cogent Microsensors – Intelligence for Sensors and Sensors for Intelligence

Electrostatic Tuning of a Micro-Ring Gyroscope

Simulation of Micromachined Inertial Sensors with Higher-Order Single Loop Sigma-Delta Modulators

System Issues in Arrays of Autonomous Intelligent Sensors

Device Characterization at the Wafer Level via Optical Actuation and Detection

The Application of Parametric Excitation to a Micro-Ring Gyroscope

Modelling and Fabrication of Microspring Thermal Actuator

Design & Simulation of a Mechanical Amplifier for Inertial Sensing Applications

A Generic Sensor for Ultra Low Analyte Concentration Detection

A Molecular Motor that Links the Biological and Silicon Worlds