Papers – Page 57 – TechConnect Briefs

A new humidity sensor based on the effect of water content on a capacitive MEMS oscillator’s thermo-electrical characteristics

Alsaleem F., University of Nebraska Lincoln, US

Accurate humidity measurement is essential in commercial and industrial applications such as HVAC systems and microelectronics manufacturing. Typical humidity sensors suffer from degradation over time, consume a relatively high amount of power, and have limited [...]

MEMS Inertial Sensors for Cyber-Physical Systems: Trustworthy Sensing, Secure Communication, Data Fusion and Information Control

Herlihy L., Rochester Institute of Technology, US

This paper reports the experimental results for the inertial measurement units (IMUs). Consistent models are found. The documented findings and models can be used in the descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analyses. Our findings are substantiated [...]

QUARTZ MEMS OSCILLATORS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE NAVIGATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Chang D.T., Yoon Y., Moyer H.P., Nguyen H.D., HRL Laboratories, LLC, US

Quartz MEMS resonators are attractive for use in oscillators for stable frequency control applications in navigation and wireless communication systems by virtue of their reduced cost, size, weight, and power (CSWaP), combined with the potential [...]

Piezoelectric actuators, next driver for MEMS market?

Fanget S., Casset F., Nicolas S., Dieppedale C., Allain M., Desloges B., Le Rhun G., CEA-LETI, FR

Over the past three decades, huge progresses have been made in MEMS technologies. Hundreds millions of MEMS, principally: accelerometers, gyroscopes and microphones, are commercialized yearly. This should continue to increase with upcoming new applications related [...]

Design considerations: From Micro-Opto-Mechanical Pressure Sensor (MOMPS) to Micro-Opto-Mechanical Microphones (MOMM)

Haouari R., Jansens R., Rochus V., Figeys B., Rottenberg X., Imec (Belgium) ; KU Leuven (Belgium), BE

With a trend towards a plethora of ‘smart’ devices, the MEMS microphone sector has maintained an exponential growth in recent years. For many applications microphones need to survive harsh environments or be bio-compatible. Micro-Opto-Mechanical-Pressure Sensor [...]

Wafer level integration of epitaxial piezoelectric thin films for novel NEMS, MEMS and MOEMS applications

Dekkers M., Solmates BV, NL

It is well known that Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) is a very flexible and versatile technique allowing fast optimization of new and complex material thin films. The unique features of PLD allow for the integration [...]

Spintronics: Recent developments on ultra-low-energy, area-efficient, and fast spin-devices and spin-circuits

Roy K., Purdue University, US

Electronics harnessed by electron's spin-based counterpart, so-called spintronics, has been widely studied in the context of nanomagnets. I will speak on the recent developments on ultra-low-energy, area-efficient, and fast spintronic devices, in particular on electric [...]

CarrICool – the Innovative 3D Interposer Platform for HPC Systems: Analysis, Simulations, Optimization, Practice for Reliability Improvement and Performance Increase

Janczyk G., Bieniek T., Bajurko P., Instytut Technologii Elektronowej, PL

This paper presents specific solutions being developed in frame of the CarrICool (abbr. “Modular Interposer System Architecture providing scalable Heat Removal, Power Delivery and Optical Signaling”) European FP7 project. The presented research and developed solutions [...]

Characteristic Fluctuation of Gate-All-Around Silicon Nanowire MOSFETs Induced by Random Discrete Dopants from Source/Drain Extensions

Sung W-L., National Chiao Tung University, TW

In this study, we explore characteristic fluctuation of gate-all-around silicon nanowire MOSFETs induced by random discrete dopants (RDDs) resulting from source/drain extensions. Compared with the results of source extension, asymmetric variations of characteristics induced by [...]

Simulation of Breakdown Voltage Enhancement in AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with Double Passivation Layers

Horio K., Hanawa H., Shibaura Institute of Technology, JP

It is well known that the introduction of field plate increases the breakdown voltage of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs [1, 2]. However, it increases the parasitic capacitance, leading to the degradation of high-frequency performance. As another way [...]