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Calavia, Boldú Raúl. "Gas sensor microsystems based on nanostructured layers via anodic oxidation." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/96314.
Full textEn esta tesis se detalla la metodologia para obtener sensores de gases basados en óxido de tungsteno nanoestructurado sobre soportes micromecanizados de silicio. Dicha nanoestructuración se ha obtenido empleando una capa de alúmina porosa como molde, por lo que se desarrolla una metodología para compatibilizar la anodización del aluminio, y otros metales como el tungsteno, con los procesos estándares del silicio. Se han desarrollado dos tipos de capas nanoestructuradas, nanotubos y nanopuntos de WO3. Los nanotubos se han obtenido depositando por pulverización catódica reactiva la capa sensible sobre alúmina porosa recubriendo las paredes de sus poros. Los nanopuntos se han obtenido anodizando una bicapa de aluminio y tungsteno, donde la primera anodización crea la alúmina porosa y la segunda hace crecer los nanopuntos de óxido de tungsteno en la base de los poros. Se ha analizado la composición, morfología y funcionamiento como sensores de gases en ambos casos y se han comparado los resultados con los de sensores sin nanoestructuración.
This thesis shows the methodology to obtain nanostructured tungsten oxide layer as sensing material on silicon micromachined gas sensor devices. A porous anodised alumina layer was used as pattern to obtain it, so a technique has been developed to make compatible the anodising of aluminium and other metals like tungsten with the standard silicon processes. Two different nanostructuring approaches were developed, nanotube and nanodot based tungsten oxide layers. The WO3 nanotube layer has been obtained by the tungsten oxide deposition using reactive sputtering on the porous alumina layer. As a result a continuous sensing layer coats the pores without clogging them. WO3 nanodot layers were obtained by the anodising of an aluminium and tungsten bilayer, where the first anodising process grows the porous alumina layer and the second one generates the tungsten oxide nanodots in the end of the pores. Compositional and morphological studies and the study of their behaviour as gas sensors where conducted for the two nanomaterials. The results have been compared with the flat tungsten oxide layers on micromachined gas sensors.
Khaji, Zahra. "Extending Microsystems to Very High Temperatures and Chemically Harsh Environments." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Mikrosystemteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-302658.
Full textJeong, Seung Hee. "Soft Intelligence : Liquids Matter in Compliant Microsystems." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Mikrosystemteknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-281281.
Full textBolaños, Quiñones Vladimir Andres. "Rolled-up Microtubular Cavities Towards Three-Dimensional Optical Confinement for Optofluidic Microsystems." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2015. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-178248.
Full textArrijuria, Olivier. "Contribution à l'intégration de centrales inertielles : outils d'aide à la conception et à l'optimisation." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008BOR13673/document.
Full textThe aim of this thesis is the realisation of microsystem for movements detection. This microsystem is composed of capacitive accelerometers and of their electronics. The conception of capacitive accelerometers has induced developement of a software for the first dimensionnement of sensors. This software computes parameters of capacitive accelerometers thanks to electrostatic models, flow models, specifications of application and fabrication process. The electronics of capacitive accelerometer is a ”Sigma-Delta” convertor. The adaptation of convertor leads to developement of components libraries for ”Matlab-Simulink”. The simulation systems allows to fit parametres convertor for the application. After that,the conception of convertor under CADENCE software is then possible
Waltisperger, Guy. "Architectures intégrées de gestion de l'énergie pour les microsystèmes autonomes." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00601784.
Full textArthaud, Yoann. "Conception d'un microsystème d'aide au monitoring per-opératoire dans la chirurgie de l'oreille moyenne." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00829091.
Full textPauchard, Alexandre. "Silicon sensor microsystem for ultraviolet detection /." Lausanne, 2000. http://library.epfl.ch/theses/?nr=2152.
Full textSalette, Arnaud. "Développement de capteurs intégrés pour micropompes MEMS : applications biomédicales." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00952312.
Full textYang, Chao. "Impedance extraction microsystem for nanostructured electrochemical sensor arrays." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.
Find full textTitle from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 2, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-155). Also issued in print.
Wang, H. (Hongbo). "Silicon X-ray smart sensor micromodule and microsystem." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2002. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:951426746X.
Full textSuster, Michael August. "High-Performance Wireless Microsystem for MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensors." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1311362499.
Full textLiu, Yufei. "Integrated sensors for process monitoring and health monitoring in microsystems." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2426.
Full textMajerus, Steve J. "Wireless, Implantable Microsystem for Chronic Bladder Pressure Monitoring." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1397120012.
Full textLazaro, Orlando. "CMOS inductively coupled power receiver for wireless microsensors." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51874.
Full textBoudjiet, Mohand-Tayeb. "Microsystèmes durables de mesures de concentration d'hydrogène utilisant des micropoutres sans couche sensible." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BORD0137/document.
Full textThese PhD research tries to meet a need for a reliable and a sustainable hydrogen concentration monitoring in a radioactive environment. In this work, we propose the study and development of resonant silicon microcantilever-based physical hydrogen sensors. The special feature of this sensor is that it does not contain any sensitive and consequently the reliability is improved, compared to devices with sensitive coating. In view of the low density of hydrogen compared to that of air, and the good sensitivity of a resonant microcantilever to the physical properties of the surrounding gas (density and viscosity), the use of vibrating uncoated microcantilever for monitoring hydrogen concentration in air is therefore possible. The objective of this research is to improve the sensitivity and the limit of detection of such sensors. First of all, a study of methods for monitoring small changes in resonant frequency has been conducted in order to determine the method having the best signal to noise ratio, thus, allowing improvement of its resolution in terms of resonant frequency variation measurement. In a second part, a study of the influence of microcantilever geometries and dimensions on their sensitivity to the gas density variation has been performed. As a result, geometrical and dimensional criteria for optimizing the sensitivity to the gas density have been identified. Other factors in a view of improving performance (sensitivity and detection limit) of vibrating microbeams have been studied, such as the influence of the actuating current and bias voltages (electromagnetic actuation and piezoresistive detection) and using high resonant modes. Furthermore, the study of the influence of environmental parameters (temperature and pressure) on the sensors behavior has been established
Viard, Romain. "Dispositifs fluidiques de contrôle actif d’écoulements à base de microsystèmes magnéto-électro-mécanique (MMEMS) : (conception, réalisation, tests)." Thesis, Ecole centrale de Lille, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ECLI0003/document.
Full textThis thesis starts with a study of aerodynamic flow control conditions by arrays of pulsed fluidic vortex generators. Detailed specifications are synthesised for the conception of low cost, sensors equipped, micro-actuators required to manage industrial scale active flow control experiments. Devices implementation is discussed to define relevant technical solutions.A packaged micro valve is modelled, fabricated and characterized. It is composed of a micro fluidic channel modulated by an annular membrane resonator made of PDMS. The membrane is controlled by different kinds of magnetic actuation. Fully controlled pulsed air jets are obtained in the frequency range [0; 500 Hz] with velocities up to 150 m/s. Arrays of these micro actuators are used in wind tunnel experiments to demonstrate the ability of pulsed jet to manage control on a wide range of classical separated flows. Reattachment is achieved under industrial flow conditions with improved fluidic yield compared to continuous jets.A mass flow meter constituted of a thermal sensor, a shear flow sensor and a Pirani pressure sensor, all of them built in a single fabrication step, is integrated in the micro-actuator. It allows in-situ characterization of the produced air jets.Finally, a fully satisfying demonstrator is obtained. Its sized is minimized through the use of a genetic algorithm
Papakostas, Thomas. "Polymer thick-film sensors and their integration with silicon : a route to hybrid microsystems." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342759.
Full textSingamaneni, Srikanth. "Microstructures and multifunctional microsystems based on highly crosslinked polymers." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29746.
Full textCommittee Chair: Tsukruk, Vladimir; Committee Member: Gall, Ken; Committee Member: Griffin, Anselm; Committee Member: Jang, Seung Soon; Committee Member: Thio, Yonathan. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
Stehlík, Jiří. "Obvody s proudovou zpětnou vazbou pro zpracování analogových signálů." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-233459.
Full textDemirci, Kemal Safak. "Chemical microsystem based on integration of resonant microsensor and CMOS ASIC." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/41182.
Full textFan, Xiao Zhu. "Enhancement of an indium phosphide resonator sensor microsystem through the development of an adaptive feedback circuit and electrospray deposition." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9679.
Full textThesis research directed by: Dept. of Electrical Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Dufour, Nicolas. "Conception et réalisation d'un multicapteur de gaz intégré à base de plateformes chauffantes sur silicium et de couches sensibles à oxyde métallique pour le contrôle de la qualité de l'air habitacle." Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00956669.
Full textNarayanan, Arvind. "Development of Low-power Wireless Sensor Nodes based on Assembled Nanowire Devices." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/10110.
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Kankanam, Gamage Sisira. "Exploration of Novel Silicon Devices Toward the Realization of a MEMS-Based Microsystem for Utilities (Water, Gas, Electrical) Monitoring." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin985901586.
Full textSchell, Jean-Baptiste. "Microsystème de positionnement dédié à l'instrumentation d'aiguilles pour intervention chirurgicale sous scanner IRM." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013STRAD043.
Full textSurgeries are moving more and more towards so called minimally invasive techniques. With these techniques, the surgeon looses direct view of the medical tool that he manipulates. The visual control of the instrument movement inside the human body is monitored on a screen through medical imaging techniques, particularly magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To ensure a high accuracy of the instrument movement, its position must be known to enable the automatic registration of the imaging plane in real time.This work describes the design and characterization of a positioning system operating in a MRI scanner which can be embedded in medical devices of very small diameters. To achieve millimeter dimensions, the system is realized on a silicon chip using standard manufacturing processes of microelectronics : low voltage 0.35 µm CMOS technology. This microsystem is based on the use of a 3D magnetic Hall effect sensor co-integrated with specific signal processing electronics to extract the accurately measured magnetic field gradients which are inherent to the MRI principle. The unique relationship between scanner bore space coordinates and the magnetic field gradients allows to determine the position and orientation of the microsystem. Experimental results show that localization is possible in 3 ms with sub-millimeter spatial resolution
Maréchal, Baptiste. "Microsystèmes inertiels vibrants pour applications spatiales : apport des fonctions numériques." Thesis, Montpellier, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MONTT265/document.
Full textOnera has been developing vibrating inertial MEMS sensors with performances good enough for space uses. Associated conventional analog electronics are not limiting the physical performances of the sensors. They are, however, bulky, not reconfigurable, and do not deliver digital measurements to the on-board computer. Furthermore, when used for space applications, they have to cope with dependency and obsolescence requiring a new qualification when any part is changed.This thesis offers a new digital generic architecture with as few analog parts as possible. Work has been focused on two sensors developed by Onera: the VIA, a vibrating beam accelerometer, and the VIG, a Coriolis vibrating gyro, but can address other sensors. A first digital function identified is event timestamping for frequency and phase measurements; a second key function is the direct digital synthesis of the oscillating sensors driving signal; the third one generates pure sine signals from binary sequences output from the digital platform. These function are implemented as peripherals of an embedded processor on a FPGA.This dissertation firstly reminds physical laws and technologies of inertial measurements, followed by a quick review of oscillators, analog and digital, in order to introduce the chosen digital architecture. A following chapter studies the theory of the digital functions considered and identifies their performances. Afterwards, realisations and first experimental results are exposed, at a function level first, at a global level then, with the sensor and the embedded software to provide real inertial readings. The results gathered boost the idea of deploying digital electronics in future sensor releases
Lecointre, Aubin. "Interface radio IR-UWB reconfigurable pour les réseaux de microsystèmes communicants." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ISAT0026/document.
Full textThe research work presented in this thesis is situated in the framework of wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The issue addressed is the design of a radio interface answering the specific needs of WSNs: simplicity, low cost, low power, small size, high data rate and reconfigurability. Current wireless technologies like WiFi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee are not able to respond to these requirements. Thus this study focuses on Impulse Radio Ultra-WideBand (IR-UWB) technology. At first, a joint study of the channel capacity and the hardware implementation is carried out to determine the optimal architecture of IR-UWB transceivers. This study proposes an architecture using multi-band IR-UWB (MB-UWB-IR) with a mixed implementation at 60 GHz with directional antennas. This solution is optimized according to the criteria of data rate and power consumption. To support the all the needs of WSN applications and to adapt to the evolution of the WSN’s environment, reconfigurability must be implemented in the proposed IR-UWB transceiver. This thesis presents a new solution: the reconfigurability by parameters. It supports the widest range of multi-property reconfigurability (with respect to data rate, bit error rate, radio range, power consumption, ...) of the state of the art. Finally, to validate these techniques by measurements, FPGA and ASIC implementations are realized by using the reconfigurability and the IR-UWB transceiver architecture proposed. A new method for joint synchronization and demodulation is proposed for a reconfigurable IR-UWB BPSK S-Rake receiver. The measurements show that the proposed technique improves the circuit performance: synchronization, demodulation, efficiency, network throughput, power consumption and complexity of the circuit. The proposed IR-UWB reconfigurable transceiver achieves a data rate and a wider range of reconfigurability compared to the state of the art
Campanella, Pineda Humberto. "Thin-film bulk acoustic wave resonators (FBAR) : fabrication, heterogeneous integration with CMOS technologies and sensor applications." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/5357.
Full textEl desarrollo de la tecnología de fabricación de los FBAR ha involucrado la puesta a punto de las técnicas de depósito y micro-mecanización de la estructura en capas del resonador, la cual está comprendida por una película de material acústico hecha de nitruro de aluminio (AlN). Se realizaron diversas pruebas para analizar la calidad del AlN depositado. También se probaron y pusieron a punto diferentes tecnologías de micro¬mecanización para liberar la estructura del FBAR, destacando entre ellas la técnica de ataque en seco por la cara de componentes, dados los altos factores de calidad obtenidos (superiores a 2.000 a 2,4 GHz). Sobre los dispositivos fabricados se realizaron caracterizaciones estructurales, modelos utilizando análisis de elementos finitos y la extracción de parámetros de circuito equivalente. Una variación del proceso que involucraba el diseño, modelado y fabricación de un dispositivo FBAR con compensación de temperatura fue igualmente desarrollada. En este ámbito vale la pena resaltar la concepción y realización de una novedosa técnica post-fabricación para el ajuste fino de la frecuencia de resonancia de los FBAR por medio de un haz de iones focalizados (FIB).
Basado en la tecnología arriba mencionada, se desarrolló un método de integración heterogénea a nivel de oblea de los dispositivos FBAR en sustratos CMOS estándar. De acuerdo con este método, se logró fabricar por primera vez dispositivos FBAR flotando sobre sustratos CMOS estándar. Este método ha sido exitosamente demostrado por medio de la integración de los FBAR tanto con la tecnología comercial AMS035 como con la CNM25, desarrollada en el CNM-IMB (CSIC).
En el terreno de las aplicaciones, se diseñaron y realizaron diferentes aplicaciones de sensores basadas en FBAR, siendo el detector de masas localizadas la más relevante de entre ellas. Es de anotar que esta aplicación fue demostrada por primera vez utilizando FBARs de alta frecuencia como elemento sensor. De tal forma, se contrastaron los resultados experimentales y de modelado del sensor. Por otra parte, se presenta también el concepto de sensores mecánicos basados en FBAR. Para ello se han desarrollado dos ejemplos: el acelerómetro basado en FBAR y el sensor de fuerza para aplicaciones de puntas de AFM. Se reporta también en esta tesis la fabricación y caracterización de un nuevo tipo de resonadores acústicos de AlN sin contacto entre electrodos.
The high impact of FBAR on radio-frequency and, most recently, on sensing systems has motivated the development of integrated applications. This means that the fabrication process should succeed in producing high-quality-factor resonators and, at the same time, in integrating FBARs with standard CMOS technologies. Hence, this Ph.D. thesis addresses these requirements by contributing with the design, fabrication and characterization of thin-film bulk acoustic wave resonators (FBAR); their integration with standard complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technologies; and their application to sensing systems.
The development of the FBAR's fabrication technology has involved the set up of the deposition and micromachining techniques of the layered structure of the resonator, which comprises an acoustic layer made of aluminum nitride (AlN). Several tests on the deposition and characterization of the AlN quality were carried out. Also, different micro-machining technologies for FBAR releasing were tested, the front-side micro-machining technique having obtained the best quality-factor results (over 2,000 at 2.4 GHz). Structural and device experimental characterization; and equivalent-circuit parameter and finite-element modeling of the FBAR were carried out. A process variation involving the design, modeling and fabrication of a temperature-compensated (TC) FBAR device was also implemented. Another remarkable result is the implementation of a post-fabrication, focused-ion-beam assisted technique for tuning of the resonance frequency of the FBAR.
Based on the foregoing-mentioned FBAR technology, a method for performing wafer-level heterogeneous integration of the FBAR with a CMOS substrate was developed. According to this method, the fabrication of a floating FBAR above standard CMOS substrates has been achieved for the first time. The method was demonstrated by integrating FBARs on the commercial AMS035 and the in-house CNM25 CMOS technologies.
On the application side, different FBAR-based sensor applications were implemented, the localized-mass detector being the most relevant, which has been demonstrated for the first time for high-frequency bulk-acoustic resonators. Experimental and modeling results have been contrasted. Also, the concept of FBAR-based mechanical sensor has been introduced. Two examples are the embedded-FBAR accelerometer and the force sensor for AFM-cantilever applications. The fabrication and characterization results of an AlN-based contactless acoustic resonator are also reported in this thesis.
Joblin, Yaël. "Elaboration d’un microsystème d’analyse de l’air destiné à la détection rapide d’un développement fongique dans les espaces clos." Thesis, Paris Est, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PEST1027/document.
Full textFungi are common microbial contaminants of indoor environments. Many studies have demonstrated their role in the partial or total degradation of materials they colonize such as building materials, or works of art. Moreover, those microbial contaminants are likely to lead to allergies, infections, poisoning or irritation. Since 2005, a new technique based on researching specific chemical tracers in the air, was developed and validated during different measurement campaigns. This approach is now applied to various indoor environments (houses, offices, schools, child care centers…) and allows the detection of recent and/or hidden contamination. The purpose of this work is to study and characterize a rapid and continuous air analysing microsystem for detection of fungal contamination in closed spaces. This study falls within the field of monitoring air microbiological quality in indoor environments. In addition to the time saved by the absence of any laboratory analysis, this system must provide a permanent monitoring of environments frequented by people, such as museums, schools, hospitals... This research is based both on the fungal detection method developed by CSTB and on scientific and technical expertise of ESIEE : specialised in design and manufacturing of miniaturized analysis systems obtained using microtechnology. The first step of this study was to define the compounds' nature to be detected for different cases of contamination along with the sampling strategy for the system. The second step focuses on the microstructures design and fabrication to be used in microanalytical system based on gas chromatography and the development of a miniaturised analysis system. So the first part of the study consisted in defining specific fungal contamination tracers for heritage conservation sites. This list allowed to reinforce a fungal contamination index for indoor environments and to define two specific indexes designed for heritage conservation sites. The validation of these different indexes allowed checking their compliance with those types of environments (castles, museums, libraries, decorated caves...) by detecting all cases of contamination, along with the control remediation of former contaminated environments. The second part of the study enabled the design and validation of three main modules constitutive of the microanalytical system based on gas chromatography. A miniaturised analysis system based on three modules has been developed
Crattelet, Jonathan. "Conception et réalisation d'un microsystème pour la mesure d'encrassement organique, minéral et biologique dans les procédés - : intégration des régimes thermiques périodiques." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010ISAT0028.
Full textIn industrial processes including agro and bioprocess, fouling is considered to be a complex and misunderstood phenomenon. Unit operations (including heat, mass and momentum transfers) are carried out in continuous, batch or fed-batch processes. During these operations, the products may evolve (chemical and biochemical reactions, microorganisms growth and activity, etc.) and fouling may occur with a wide range of kinetics from minutes up to years and dimensions from micrometers up to centimeters. Research issued from INRA led to develop a fouling sensor based on local differential thermal analysis and to patent this system. The device enables on-line and continuous monitoring of fouling propensity. Neosens company acquired an exclusive licence and develop and commercialize the sensor whose operating limits are known. In this work, our scientific and technological objectives are to break new locks through: (i) the realization of a fouling sensor based on microsystems technologies, (ii) the investigation and validation of an alternative thermal working mode and a method for fouling monitoring. Based on the previous work, our research deals with conception, realisation and integration of components based on microsystems technologies, integration of permanent and periodic thermal regimes with on-line data treatment and experimental validation at laboratory, pilot-plant and industrial scales for new geometries and configurations.This work led to metrology improvement and reliability. The resulting microsensor seems to be a complement of previous sensor regarding detection and quantification limits
Paret, Jean-Marc. "Étude et mise au point de la méthodologie de conception et de fabrication collective de microsystèmes sur silicium." Grenoble INPG, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997INPG0015.
Full textNguyen, Huy Binh. "Conception et réalisation d'un accéléromètre convectif 3-axes en technologie CMOS." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013MON20142/document.
Full textIn the field of MEMS, various sensors can be manufactured using a standard CMOS technology and subsequent etching techniques. In this context, The Front-Side Bulk Micromachining (FSBM) approach allows the fabrication of low-cost resistive transducers based on either piezoresistive or thermal effects. Nevertheless, such fabrication method leads to non-optimized devices in terms of noise and power consumption. Instead of constraining fabrication technology, and in order to keep fabrication costs as low as possible, this work focuses on sensor design and electronic interfaces to address both issues. In this thesis, the device under study is a 3-axis CMOS thermal accelerometer. The sensor is based on a topology that was primarily introduced for 2-axis measurements only (in-plane acceleration, xy), using differential voltage across sensing thermistors. This work addresses the overall sensing performance by using dedicated front-end electronic and also investigates an opportunity to measure out-of-plane acceleration without the requirement of an additional device. The third axis (z) is provided by measuring a shift in the common-mode temperature, which is clearly an original approach. The study is carried out by means of both physical and electrical modeling of the transducer, electronic design and simulation, and prototype characterization
Ortman, Robert L. "Sensory input encoding and readout methods for in vitro living neuronal networks." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44856.
Full textKumar, Abhishek. "Development, characterization and experimental validation of metallophthalocyanines based microsensors devoted to monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon monitoring in air." Thesis, Clermont-Ferrand 2, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CLF22635/document.
Full textThis PhD work is dedicated to investigate potentialities of phthalocyanines materials to realize a Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensor for Benzene, Toluene and Xylenes (BTX) detection in air. The goal is to develop a sensor-microsystem capable of measuring BTX concentrations quantitatively below the environmental guidelines with sufficient accuracy. To achieve these objectives, our strategies mainly focused on experimental works encompassing sensors realization, sensing material characterizations, development of gas-testing facility and sensor testing for different target gases. One of the main aims is to identify most appropriate phthalocyanine material for sensor development. After comparative sensing studies, tert-butyl-copper phthalocyanine based QCM device is found as most sensitive and detail metrological characteristics are further investigated. Results show repeatable, reversible and high magnitude of response, low response and recovery times, sub-ppm range detection limit, high resolutions and combined selectivity of BTX gases among common atmospheric pollutants. Special focus is given to understand the gas/material interactions which are achieved by (a) XRD and SEM characterizations of sensing layers, (b) formalization of a two-step adsorption model and (c) assessing extent of diffusion of target gas in sensing layer. At last, possible ageing of sensor and suitable storage conditions to prevent such effect are investigated
Tortissier, Grégory. "Étude et développement d’une plateforme de détection chimique à ondes acoustiques de surface pour environnement sévère haute température." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009BOR13859/document.
Full textMeasuring pollutants concentrations in gas and vapors emissions are important environmental issues. This work presents a stand-alone portable device for high temperature assessment. The system includes a Langasite (LGS) acoustic sensor, a ceramic heater and a platform with RF connections for remote in-situ measurements. The packaging consists in a hermetic stainless steel cell which enables safe gas detection. In situ temperature measurements have been achieved and the thermal behavior was successfully investigated in the temperature range 25-450°C. The designed cell highlights good agreement with theoretical models and reproducibility of the measures. Volatile organic compounds exposures have been investigated and promising ppm level detections have been obtained
Spinelle, Laurent. "Microsystèmes capteurs de gaz sélectifs au dioxyde d'azote associant structures semi-conducteurs et filtres chimiques (indigo ou/et nanomatériaux carbonés) destinés au contrôle de la qualité de l'air." Phd thesis, Université Blaise Pascal - Clermont-Ferrand II, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00741969.
Full textBoukabache, Hamza. "Etude et développement d'un noeud piézoélectrique intégré dans un micro-système reconfigurable : applications à la surveillance "de santé" de structures aéronautiques." Phd thesis, INSA de Toulouse, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00932251.
Full textHireche, Chabha. "Etude et implémentation sur SoC-FPGA d'une méthode probabiliste pour le contrôle de mission de véhicule autonome Embedded context aware diagnosis for a UAV SoC platform, in Microprocessors and Microsystems 51, June 2017 Context/Resource-Aware Mission Planning Based on BNs and Concurrent MDPs for Autonomous UAVs, in MDPI-Sensors Journal, December 2018." Thesis, Brest, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019BRES0067.
Full textAutonomous systems embed different types of sensors, applications and powerful calculators. Thus, they are used in different fields of application and perform various simple or complex tasks. Generally, these missions are executed in nondeterministic environments with the presence of random events that can affect the mission's progress. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly assess the health of the system and its hardware and software components in order to detect failures using Bayesian Networks.Subsequently, a decision is made by the mission planner by generating a new mission plan that ensures the mission in response to the detected event. This decision is made using the Markov Decision Process model based on constraints such as the mission objective, the health status of sensors and embedded applications, the mission policy "safety policy" or "mission first policy", etc. As autonomous systems perform different tasks that require different performance, it is necessary to consider the use of hardware accelerators on SoC-FPGA in order to meet high-performance computing constraints and unload the CPU if needed
Santos, Filipe Vinci dos. "Techniques de conception pour le durcissement des circuits intégrés face aux rayonnements." Grenoble 1, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998GRE10208.
Full textChodavarapu, Vamsy. "Integrated CMOS sensor microsystems for biochemical monitoring." 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1184163971&sid=8&Fmt=2&clientId=39334&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
Full textTitle from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 22, 2007) Available through UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Thesis adviser: Cartwright, Alexander N. Includes bibliographical references.
Bolaños, Quiñones Vladimir Andres. "Rolled-up Microtubular Cavities Towards Three-Dimensional Optical Confinement for Optofluidic Microsystems." Doctoral thesis, 2014. https://monarch.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A20309.
Full textCarmo, João Paulo Pereira. "RF CMOS transceiver a 2.4 GHz para microsistemas em redes de sensores sem fios." Doctoral thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6390.
Full textEsta tese descreve o projecto, fabrico e teste de um RF CMOS transceiver para comunicações sem fios de curta distância. O RF CMOS transceiver foi projectado para operar na banda ISM de 2.4 GHz. Utilizou-se a tecnologia RF CMOS de 0.18 µm da UMC, pois podem-se integrar as indutâncias, os condensadores e as resistências. Além disso, esta tecnologia permite uma alimentação de apenas 1.8 V. Isto torna-a adequada ao fabrico de microssistemas de baixo consumo e dimensões reduzidas. O emissor foi projectado para uma potência máxima na antena de 1 mW (0 dBm). O amplificador de potência (Power Amplifier – PA) pode ser controlado, para variar-se a potência na antena entre quatro valores: 0.28 mW, 1.01 mW, 1.21 mW e esligado. Os consumos no emissor e no amplificador de potência são de 13.6 mW e de 8 mW, respectivamente. O receptor possui uma sensibilidade de -60 dBm, e utiliza como método de desmodulação, a detecção por envolvente. O amplificador de baixo ruído consome 3.6 mW. O receptor é composto ainda, por um pós-amplificador e por um detector de envolvente, cujos consumos são de 2.1 mW e de 0.12 mW, respectivamente. O consumo total do receptor é de 6.3 mW. Para um afastamento de dez metros, as especificações do RF CMOS transceiver garantem uma probabilidade de erro inferior a 10-6, mesmo quando a transmissão ASK é feita ao débito binário máximo de 250 kbps. Para tornar a integração do RF CMOS transceiver o mais completa possível, incluíu-se no projecto, um switch que liga o receptor e o emissor à antena. O switch apresenta perdas inferiores a 1.3 dB, e um isolamento mínimo de 41.5 dB. O RF CMOS transceiver possui sinais de controlo que ligam e desligam o emissor e receptor. Isto permite a programação de protocolos eficientes em termos de gestão de energia para redes de sensores sem fios. O EEG sem fios e a camisa electrónica para monitorização de pacientes em risco, constituem exemplos de aplicações biomédicas, para microssistemas que utilizem o RF CMOS transceiver desenvolvido. Permitem ainda, o uso do método plug-in-play.
This thesis describes the design, fabrication and test of a RF CMOS transceiver for short-range wireless microsystems. This RF CMOS transceiver was designed to operate in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. The fabrication process used is the UMC RF 0.18 µm CMOS (it has a poly and six metal layers, allowing the use of integrated spiral indutors - with a reasonable quality factor) with low-power supply of 1.8 V. These features match the short-range wireless microsystems requirements, e.g., full on-chip solution with low-power/low-voltage in small-size devices. The transmitter was designed to deliver a maximum power of 1 mW (0 dBm) to the antenna. It is possible to have four different RF powers: 0.28 mW, 1.01 mW, 1.21 mW and switched-off. When active, the power consumptions of the transmitter and the power amplifier (PA) are 13.6 mW and 8 mW, respectively. The receiver adopts a direct demodulation through envelope detection. This is enough to achieve a bit error probability less that 10-6 with a sensibility of -60 dBm, for a transmitted power of 0 dBm using ASK modulation. These specifications allow data transmissions with distances up to ten meters and for data-rates up to 250 kbps. The power consumption of the low-noise amplifier (LNA) is 3.6 mW. The LNA is followed by a post-amplifier and an envelope detector, with power consumptions of 2.1 mW and 0.12 mW, respectively. The receiver has a total power consumption of 6.3 mW. It was included an antenna-switch in the design. This improves the full on-chip solution. The switch has a maximum transmission-loss of 1.3 dB and a minimum isolation of 41.5 dB. Innovative topics concerning efficient power management was taken into account during the design of the RF CMOS transceiver. It consists of control signals, used to enable or disable the several subsystems of the RF CMOS transceiver. The applications, using this RF CMOS transceiver in complete microsystems, include wireless EEG (electroencephalogram) modules plug-in-play and smart electronic shirts based on wireless sensor networks.
Chang, Chih-Wei, and 張志瑋. "Development of Neural Recording Sensors and Electronics for Microsystem Integration." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/42651053016755217115.
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In this dissertation, versatile neural sensors and electronics are developed for biomedical microsystems integration. Presented devices include (1) MEMS surface mounted dry electrode (MDE), which provides superior low interface impedance performance. Alternative diamond-shaped MDE and transparent MDE for self-stability enhancement and PDT applications are also reported. (2) Flexible gird electrode array using parylene-C as structure is fabricated for ECoG recording with in-vivo auditory response recording in rat. (3) Stacked three dimensional (3D) microprobe array developed for implantable neural recording provides simple process, solid structure with possibility for system integration, design flexibility and volume usage efficiency. The neural signal data acquired by the 3D array achieves the recording and mapping of the neural signal network and interconnections among the target brain structure, which allows further studies for event-related observation. (4) Wireless RF-powering electronics, which is designed for implantable biomedical microsystem applications. Miniaturized spiral coils as a wireless power module and low-dropout linear regulator circuit convert RF signal into DC voltage for batteryless applications. (5) 16-channel analog front end neural amplifier is introduced for biopotential conditioning, which offers technical merits of reduced supply voltage, sufficient low power per channel and reasonable low noise performance, yet offers integration with micro controller unit and Bluetooth modules for conceptual biomedical microsystem representation. Proposed sensors and electronics provide versatile neural recording and key component realization in microsystem design, as well as achieving the development of biomedical prosthesis applications by integrating with commercial modules.
Silva, Cátia Samanta Ribeiro. "Polymeric microsensors using microtechnologies." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/42537.
Full textThe work present here aims to combine advanced and specialized polymeric materials and microtechnologies with silicon based microtechnologies to develop an innovative concept for a thermal convective accelerometer with improved performance while also overcoming existing limitations. Thermal convective accelerometers have a transduction mechanism based in heat transfer by convection over a working fluid. The thermal accelerometer is a relatively recent technology and although research focused in improving many properties, parameters and processing techniques, thermal accelerometers still present some drawbacks regarding the power consumption caused by thermal losses through the fabrication material (typically silicon based) and limited third sensing dimension (planar silicon based microtechnologies). New developments towards the optimization of the existing thermal accelerometers may limit the power consumption and allow an easy integration of a Z-axis sensitive dimension. The methodology from the development of a concept to the actual fabrication and characterization requires a series of steps that need to be followed in a sequential way, namely: design and simulation analysis of the device concept (considering the electrical, thermal and fluidic domains), based on CAD and FEM techniques (using a FSI approach); development (project and simulation analysis) of tools based on CAD and CFD techniques; definition and optimization of a fabrication methodology (combination of polymeric and silicon based microtechnologies); and a full characterization of the fabricated device (sensitivity, bandwidth, dynamic range, and power). A three-axes thermal convective accelerometer was fully manufactured containing two main components: a polymeric based external structure fabricated my means of microinjection moulding technology that generates an isolated chamber from outside influences while supporting the second component, a polymeric flexible membrane that sustains and protects the metallic heating and sensing elements fabricated by microtechnologies. The proposed solution for the fabrication of a three-dimensional polymer based thermal accelerometer based in convection is innovative and the main contribution will be the use of polymeric materials not commonly used in microsystem technology and in electronic and instrumentation systems that are suitable to solve the main problems related to the current stateof- art of thermal accelerometers. Fabricated accelerometers were fully tested and characterized presenting a XY-axes sensitivity around 8 mV/g, a Z-axis sensitivity of 2.2 mV/g, and a 4 Hz bandwidth for a power of 45 mW. Thermal tests performed show that the heater can sustain up to 280 ºC without overheating the remaining structures and damaging the device. The developed technology has huge potential for functional highly complex threedimensional geometries at the micro-scale.
O trabalho aqui apresentado tem como intuito combinar materiais e microtecnologias poliméricas avançadas e especializadas com microtecnologias à base de silício para o desenvolvimento de um conceito inovador para um acelerómetro térmico convectivo com um desempenho melhorado superando também as limitações existentes. Os acelerómetros térmicos convectivos tem um mecanismo de transdução baseado na transferência de calor por convecção através de um fluído funcional. O acelerómetro térmico é uma tecnologia relativamente recente e embora os estudos científicos se tenham focado na otimização de diversas propriedades, parâmetros e técnicas de processamento, os acelerómetros térmicos ainda apresentam algumas desvantagens relativas ao consumo energético provocado pelas perdas térmicas através do material de fabrico (normalmente à base de silício) e também uma terceira dimensão sensível limitada (microtecnologias planares à base de silício). Novos desenvolvimentos no sentido da otimização dos existentes acelerómetros térmicos podem limitar o consumo energético e permitir uma integração mais fácil da dimensão sensível do eixo dos ZZ. A metodologia desde o desenvolvimento do conceito até à atual fabricação e caracterização requere uma série de etapas que necessitam de ser seguidas de uma forma sequencial, nomeadamente: projeto e análise por simulação do conceito do dispositivo (considerando os domínios elétrico, térmico, e fluídico), com base em técnicas CAD e FEM (através de uma abordagem FSI); desenvolvimento (projeto e análise por simulação) de ferramentas com base em técnicas CAD e CFD; definição e otimização de uma metodologia de fabrico (combinação de microtecnologias de polímeros com microtecnologias à base de silício); e uma caracterização completa do dispositivo fabricado (sensibilidade, largura de banda; gama dinâmica, e energia). Um acelerómetro térmico convectivo com três eixos foi inteiramente fabricado contendo dois componentes principais: uma estrutura externa à base de polímeros fabricada através da tecnologia de moldação por microinjeção gerando uma câmara isolada de influências externas que suporta o segundo componente, uma membrana polimérica flexível que sustem e protege os elementos metálicos de aquecimento e sensoriais fabricados por microtecnologias. A solução proposta para o fabrico de um acelerómetro térmico polimérico tri-dimensional baseado em convecção é inovativa e a principal contribuição consiste no uso de materiais poliméricos não comumente utilizados na tecnologia de microsistemas e na electrónica e instrumentação de sistemas que são adequados para solucionar os principais problemas relacionados com o atual estado da arte dos acelerómetros térmicos. Os acelerómetros fabricados foram testados e caracterizados apresentando uma sensibilidade de cerca de 8 mV/g para os eixos XY e 2.2 mV/g para o eixo ZZ, e uma largura de banda de 4 Hz para uma energia de 45 mW. Foram realizados testes térmicos demonstrando que a resistência de aquecimento consegue suportar até 280 ºC sem sobreaquecimento das restantes estruturas e sem danificar o dispositivo. A tecnologia desenvolvida apresenta um grande potencial para geometias tri-dimensionais altamente complexas e funcionais à escala micro.
Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), for the financial support under the PhD scholarship SFRH/BD/78372/2011). The work was supported by FEDER through COMPETE and national funds through FCT in the framework of the project PTDC/EEA-ELC/099834/2008. The author would like to acknowledge the doctoral program in Science and Engineering of Polymers and Composites for supporting this work.
Lin, Po-Jung, and 林伯融. "A Resistance Welding Method with in-situ Temperature Sensors for Microsystem Packaging." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k65mst.
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機械工程系所
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This paper proposed several methods to improve the bounding property of a wafer-level packaging technology which was proposed by our research team previously. The bounding method employed in this technology is to use the conventional resistance welding to facilitate the process of transient-liquid-phase (TLP) bonding, which forms inter-metallic compounds to bound two wafers together. The advantages of this packaging technology are as follows. First, the bounding surface need not to be cleaned or flattened in advance. Second, it is a local-heating process so that IC and MEMS devices would not be damaged by the elevated bounding temperature. Third, this method does not need additional micro-heater. The space and fabrication complexity can be reduced. Finally, it can integrate the through-silicon-via (TSV) technology to implement the connection between IC devices and MEMS devices. Besides, the bounding pads can be exposed for the wafer-level testing. In the previously study, our research team used ring type bounding structure. Unfortunately, the results show that the bounding property can be easily affected by the process variation, In this research, we used solid square to replace the ring type structure. Besides, we design in-situ temperature sensors to monitor the temperature of the bounding process. The experiments were conducted both under vacuum and atmosphere to observe the influence of the environment. Lastly, we used SEM and EDAX to exam the bounding surface, and traction machine to test the bounding force. According to the experimental results, we found that the fabricated temperature sensors have higher sensitivity than the conventional born-doped polysilicon film because of its Schottky diode interface. The resistance welding method can successfully implement the TLP bounding with temperature of 230~300C. The bounding property is better in the vacuum than in the atmosphere due to the generation of metal oxide during the bounding process. Lastly, the stretching test indicates that the failure happens at the oxide and Ti interface, but not at the intended bounding surface.
Goy, J. "Etude, conception, et réalisation d'un capteur d'image APS en technologie standard CMOS pour des applications faible flux de type viseur d'étoiles = Study, conception and fabrication of an APS image sensor in standard CMOS technology for low light level applications such as star trackers." Phd thesis, 2002. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00002934.
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qui peuvent être apportées aux capteur CMOS traditionnels afin de les rendre plus proches des contraintes requises pour l'utilisation spatiale. Ces améliorations concernent notamment l'étude de la partie photosensible (photodiode ou photoMOS), le choix d'une architecture de pixel permettant d'augmenter son gain intrinsèque tout en réduisant son bruit de lecture,
et la réalisation d'un système de balayage de la matrice avec possibilité de fenêtrage et de temps d'exposition programmable. Dans ce cadre, plusieurs solutions ont été fabriquées et testées, et les conclusions permettent de dresser une large vision des avantages et des inconvénients de chaque type de capteur.
Ho, Derek. "CMOS Contact Imagers for Spectrally-multiplexed Fluorescence DNA Biosensing." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/35849.
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