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ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Nonlinear Dynamics in Nanomechanical Oscillators
Abstract— In the present work we investigate nonlinear dynamics in a nanomechanical doubly clamped beam made of PdAu fabricated using bulk nanomachining and e-beam lithography. T...
Stav Zaitsev, Ronen Almog, Oleg Shtempluck, Eyal B...
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Contact Mechanics Description of Inelastic Displacement Response of a Nano-Positioning Device
– A classical mechanistic model was developed to capture the existence of pre-sliding tangential deflection (PSTD) in contacting polysilicon and coated polysilicon surfaces. For ...
Michael J. Starra, E. David Reedy, Alex D. Corwina...
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Versatile Inertial Displacement Sensor for Planar Motion
Inertial displacement sensors employing currently available high performance micromachined accelerometers and gyroscopes measure position and attitude with sub-micron accuracy for ...
Swavik A. Spiewak
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Optical MEMS pressure sensor using ring resonator on a circular diaphragm
In this paper we propose and analyse an optical MEMS pressure sensor consisting of a ring resonator located over the edge of a circular silicon diaphragm. As the diaphragm deflec...
Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, Bh. Vijayaaditya, T. Srini...
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Cyclo-Olefin Polymer Direct Bonding Using low Temperature Plasma Activation Bonding
Jun Mizuno, Sharon Farrens, Viorel Dragoi, Thomas ...
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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LIGA Cavity Resonator for K-Band Applications
A 2-mm deep microwave cavity resonator is proposed for LIGA micro-fabrication. LIGA provides highly vertical and optically smooth sidewalls, leading to potentially high quality (Q...
Zhen Ma, David M. Klymyshyn, Sven Achenbach
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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A Parametric Study of Thermal Effects on the Reliability of RF MEMS Switches
The influence of thermal effects on the reliability of RF MEMS switches is investigated in this paper. Low power consumption and capacity to handle high power at very high frequen...
Jonathan Lueke, Noor Al Quddus, Walied A. Moussa, ...
ICMENS
2005
IEEE
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Pulse-actuated micromechanical resonator using digital Kalman observer
The paper presents a digital oscillating loop for a MEMS resonator in which the instantaneous resonator position is estimated on-line with a Kalman observer. The approach is appli...
Éric Colinet, Dimitri Galayko, Jér&o...