sensors – TechConnect Briefs

In-Transit Visibility and Total Asset Visibility for Cold Chain Supply Logistics

McCleland B., Russell T.W., Myconi Technologies, US

Thousands of temperature sensitive products that require continual monitoring and controls are shipped every day. Last year, temperature-compromised pharmaceutical products cost the industry $35.0 billion. Almost 30% of products in the perishable food market were [...]

Myconi Technical Solutions for In Transit Visibility Cold Chain Logistics

McCleland B., Russell T.W., Myconi Technologies, US

Myconi Technologies has developed a proprietary wireless, ad hoc, peer-to-peer, self-healing mesh network protocol that operates on internationally license-free frequencies (IEEE 802.15.4 ISM Standard). Myconi has incorporated this wireless technology with multiple environmental and material [...]

A Review of the Center for Fluorinated Functional Materials

Sun H., University of South Dakota, US

Center for Fluorinated Functional Materials was established in July 2017 with a significant effort from the State of South Dakota. The mission of this center is to build a self-sustained discovery-based research center that boosts [...]

Cyber-Physical Magnetic Field Sensors

Kravljaca V., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

Solid state magnetic field sensors are examined. The use of III-V semiconductors in Hall effect sensors results in high bandwidth, fast response time, adequate spatiotemporal resolution, accuracy and sufficient measurement range. Despite significant advantages, there [...]

Electrochemical Sensors for Gas Pipelines Using Ion Conducting Membranes

Ziomek-Moroz M., National Energy Technology Laboratory, US

Electrochemical sensors are regularly used for the detection of chemical species in many industrial operations. The most common example is potentiometric measurement of pH, and oxygen quantity (e.g. the Clark electrode) and corrosion sensors also [...]

Piezoelectric-Based Vibration Energy Harvester

Jeutten M., Iowa State University Research Foundation, US

A potential means of extending battery life is the use of miniature renewable self-contained power supply units, which can convert ambient vibrations from existing sources in their environment into electrical form, and use this harvested [...]

Stretchable Gas and UV Sensors towards Wearable Electronics

Gutruf P., Walia S., Zeller E., Nili H., Sriram S., Bhaskaran M., RMIT University, AU

Electronics and sensors pervade all aspects of life, needing solutions to make them less obtrusive, which is where fully transparent electronics come into play. Our research focus has been to realise stretchable electronic devices with [...]

Strong, controllable, robust, and scalable graphene n-doping for optoelectronic and micro/nano-electronic applications

Folkson J., Ashraf A., Eisaman M.D., Stony Brook University(SBU)/Brookhaven National Lab(BNL), US

Graphene holds promise for many applications such as microelectronics, optoelectronics, and energy storage due to its outstanding properties. The realization of these applications, however, requires tailoring graphene’s electronic properties via controlled doping (addition or removal [...]

Advanced Packaging for Next Generation Imaging and Sensor Devices

Kulick J., Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC, US

Quilt Packaging is a unique and versatile edge-interconnect technology that utilizes “nodule” structures that extend out from the vertical facets along the edges of chips to allow for inter-chip communication. QP has demonstrated world-record chip-to-chip [...]

Time-Domain Monte-Carlo and Noise Analysis of MAPS Sensors

Jankowski M., Napieralski A., Lodz University of Technology, PL

A non-typical approach to extended simulational analysis for monolithic active pixel (MAPS) based binary pixel readout circuits is presented. Circuit solutions and simulation results are presented and discussed. Applications of particle detection/tracking are quite wide, [...]