Bullet Journal: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A: PHYSICAL

     ISSN: 0924-4247  Vol.186/1

 

 

Selected Papers presented at Eurosensors XXV, Athens, Greece, 4-7 September 2011

Edited by Paddy French

 

 

Date: October 2012

 

1.

   

Editorial Board

Page i

 

Editorial Section

2.

   

Preface—“Laudatio for Professor Arnaldo D’Amico”

Page 1
Christofer Hierold, Maximilian Fleischer

3.

   

A walk down memory lane of 25 years of Eurosensors conferences

Pages 2-8
Robert Puers

4.

   

Preface

Pages 9-10
Arnaldo D’Amico

5.

   

25th Anniversary Eurosensors XXV

Pages 11-12
Christos Tsamis, Grigoris Kaltsas

6.

   

Eurosensors Conference

Page 13
Christofer Hierold, Maximilian Fleischer
 

Obituary Section

7.

   

Last goodbye to Ernst Obermeier

Page 14
Maximilian Fleischer, Christofer Hierold, on behalf of the International Steering Committee of EUROSENSORS

 

Physical Section

8.

   

System-level circuit simulation of nonlinearity in micromechanical resonators

Pages 15-20
Haoshen Zhu, Joshua E.-Y. Lee

9.

   

Selective detection of hazardous VOCs using zeolite/Metglas composite sensors

Pages 21-31
Theodoros Baimpos, Leszek Gora, Vladimiros Nikolakis, Dimitris Kouzoudis

10.

   

Tactile sensor array using microcantilever with nickel–chromium alloy thin film of low temperature coefficient of resistance and its application to slippage detection

Pages 32-37
Masayuki Sohgawa, Daiki Hirashima, Yusuke Moriguchi, Tatsuya Uematsu, Wataru Mito, Takeshi Kanashima, Masanori Okuyama, Haruo Noma

11.

   

Efficient spectral domain formulation of loading effects in acoustic sensors

Pages 38-47
Thomas Voglhuber-Brunnmaier, Bernhard Jakoby

12.

   

Optimization of a micro Coriolis mass flow sensor using Lorentz force actuation

Pages 48-53
J. Groenesteijn, T.S.J. Lammerink, R.J. Wiegerink, J. Haneveld, J.C. Lötters

13.

   

Contactless inspection of electrically isolated electronic components of planar electronic devices by capacitive coupling

Pages 54-62
M. Koerdel, F. Alatas, A. Schick, S.J. Rupitsch, R. Lerch

14.

   

Two axis optoelectronic tactile shear stress sensor

Pages 63-68
Jeroen Missinne, Erwin Bosman, Bram Van Hoe, Rik Verplancke, Geert Van Steenberge, Sandeep Kalathimekkad, Peter Van Daele, Jan Vanfleteren

15.

   

Passive Wireless Sensing of Micro coil parameters in fluidic environments

Pages 69-79
A. Yousaf, F.A. Khan, L.M Reindl

16.

   

Suspended submicron silicon-beam for high sensitivity piezoresistive force sensing cantilevers

Pages 80-85
Jia Wei, Sabrina Magnani, Pasqualina M. Sarro

17.

   

6 DOF force and torque sensor for micro-manipulation applications

Pages 86-93
P. Estevez, J.M. Bank, M. Porta, J. Wei, P.M. Sarro, M. Tichem, U. Staufer

18.

   

Sensing the characteristic acoustic impedance of a fluid utilizing acoustic pressure waves

Pages 94-99
Hannes Antlinger, Stefan Clara, Roman Beigelbeck, Samir Cerimovic, Franz Keplinger, Bernhard Jakoby

19.

   

AMR gradiometer for mine detection

Pages 100-104
Jan Vyhnánek, Michal Janošek, Pavel Ripka

20.

   

Time of flow sensor with a flow parallel wire

Pages 105-110
C. Gerhardy, W.K. Schomburg

21.

   

Tunable resonators in the low kHz range for viscosity sensing

Pages 111-117
M. Heinisch, E.K. Reichel, I. Dufour, B. Jakoby

22.

   

2D phononic crystal sensor with normal incidence of sound

Pages 118-124
M. Zubtsov, R. Lucklum, M. Ke, A. Oseev, R. Grundmann, B. Henning, U. Hempel

23.

   

Piezo-thermal probe array for high throughput applications

Pages 125-129
Angelo Gaitas, Paddy French

24.

   

Microneedle-based electrodes with integrated through-silicon via for biopotential recording

Pages 130-136
Conor O’Mahony, Francesco Pini, Alan Blake, Carlo Webster, Joe O’Brien, Kevin G. McCarthy

25.

   

A magnetic distance sensor with high precision

Pages 137-142
A. Zikmund, P. Ripka

26.

   

DEMUX devices based on a-SiC:H

Pages 143-147
A. Fantoni, P. Louro, M.A. Vieira, T. Silva, M. Vieira

27.

   

An evaluation study of nanoparticle films as biomimetic tactile sensors

Pages 148-153
Darren Alvares, Lech Wieczorek, Burkhard Raguse, François Ladouceur, Nigel H. Lovell

 

Interfaces Section

28.

   

Novel band-pass sliding mode control for driving MEMS-based resonators

Pages 154-162
Elie H. Sarraf, Mrigank Sharma, Edmond Cretu

29.

   

A gated single-photon avalanche diode array fabricated in a conventional CMOS process for triggered systems

Pages 163-168
E. Vilella, A. Diéguez

30.

   

Multi stage noise shaping sigma–delta modulator (MASH) for capacitive MEMS accelerometers

Pages 169-177
Bader Almutairi, Michael Kraft
 

Materials and Technology Section

31.

   

Twofold SRO films: Investigation of the photoelectric properties of MOS-like structures

Pages 178-183
J.A. Luna López, J. Carrillo López, A. Morales Sánchez, M. García Ortega, D.E. Vázquez Valerdi, G. Garcia Salgado

32.

   

Development and fabrication of a novel photopatternable electric responsive Pluronic hydrogel for MEMS applications

Pages 184-190
T. Guan, F. Godts, F. Ceyssens, E. Vanderleyden, K. Adesanya, P. Dubruel, H.P. Neves, R. Puers

33.

   

Stretchable and conformable metal–polymer piezoresistive hybrid system

Pages 191-197
G. Canavese, S. Stassi, M. Stralla, C. Bignardi, C.F. Pirri

34.

   

Piezoresistive effect in epoxy–graphite composites

Pages 198-202
N. Serra, T. Maeder, P. Ryser

35.

   

A buried vertical filter for micro and nanoparticle filtration

Pages 203-209
S.J. Li, C. Shen, P.M. Sarro

36.

   

Long-term mechanical reliability of ceramic thick-film circuits and mechanical sensors under static load

Pages 210-218
Thomas Maeder, Caroline Jacq, Peter Ryser

37.

   

Non-destructive technique to detect local buried defects in metal sample by scanning microwave microscopy

Pages 219-222
J. Rossignol, C. Plassard, E. Bourillot, O. Calonne, M. Foucault, E. Lesniewska

 

Actuator Section

38.

   

A generalized Preisach approach for piezoceramic materials incorporating uniaxial compressive stress

Pages 223-229
Felix Wolf, Alexander Sutor, Stefan J. Rupitsch, Reinhard Lerch

39.

   

Numerical and analytical modelling of holed MEMS resonators

Pages 230-235
Y. Civet, F. Casset, J.F. Carpentier, S. Basrour

40.

   

An array of 100 μm × 100 μm dielectric elastomer actuators with 80% strain for tissue engineering applications

Pages 236-241
Samin Akbari, Herbert R. Shea

41.

   

Piezoelectric MEMS-based wideband energy harvesting systems using a frequency-up-conversion cantilever stopper

Pages 242-248
Huicong Liu, Chengkuo Lee, Takeshi Kobayashi, Cho Jui Tay, Chenggen Quan
 

42.

   

Flexible, electrostatic microfluidic actuators based on thin film fabrication

Pages 249-256
Mihai Patrascu, Javier Gonzalo-Ruiz, Martijn Goedbloed, Sywert H. Brongersma, Mercedes Crego-Calama

 

Micromechanics Section

43.

   

Direct inference of parameters for piezoresistive micromechanical resonators embedded in feedthrough

Pages 257-263
Joshua E.-Y. Lee, Yuanjie Xu

44.

   

Micromachined ridge gap waveguide and resonator for millimeter-wave applications

Pages 264-269
S. Rahiminejad, A.U. Zaman, E. Pucci, H. Raza, V. Vassilev, S. Haasl, P. Lundgren, P.-S. Kildal, P. Enoksson
 

System/Applications System

45.

   

A wireless module for vibratory motor control and inertial sensing in capsule endoscopy

Pages 270-276
G. Ciuti, N. Pateromichelakis, M. Sfakiotakis, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, D.P. Tsakiris, P. Dario

46.

   

Wireless sensors network based safe home to care elderly people: Behaviour detection

Pages 277-283
N.K. Suryadevara, A. Gaddam, R.K. Rayudu, S.C. Mukhopadhyay
 

47.

   

A RF power harvester with integrated antenna capable of operating near ground planes

Pages 284-288
Panagiotis Broutas, Harry Contopanagos, Dimitrios Tsoukalas, Stavros Chatzandroulis

 

Technology Section

48.

   

A Parylene temporary packaging technique for MEMS wafer handling

Pages 289-297
L. Wen, K. Wouters, F. Ceyssens, A. Witvrouw, R. Puers

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