1st Edition

Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies and Their Applications

Edited By Laurent A. Francis, Krzysztof Iniewski Copyright 2014
    650 Pages 310 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    650 Pages 310 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Microsystems technologies have found their way into an impressive variety of applications, from mobile phones, computers, and displays to smart grids, electric cars, and space shuttles. This multidisciplinary field of research extends the current capabilities of standard integrated circuits in terms of materials and designs and complements them by creating innovative components and smaller systems that require lower power consumption and display better performance. Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies and their Applications delves into the state of the art and the applications of microsystems and microelectronics-related technologies.

    Featuring contributions by academic and industrial researchers from around the world, this book:

    • Examines organic and flexible electronics, from polymer solar cell to flexible interconnects for the co-integration of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) with complementary metal oxide semiconductors (CMOS)
    • Discusses imaging and display technologies, including MEMS technology in reflective displays, the fabrication of thin-film transistors on glass substrates, and new techniques to display and quickly transmit high-quality images
    • Explores sensor technologies for sensing electrical currents and temperature, monitoring structural health and critical industrial processes, and more
    • Covers biomedical microsystems, including biosensors, point-of-care devices, neural stimulation and recording, and ultra-low-power biomedical systems

    Written for researchers, engineers, and graduate students in electrical and biomedical engineering, this book reviews groundbreaking technology, trends, and applications in microelectronics. Its coverage of the latest research serves as a source of inspiration for anyone interested in further developing microsystems technologies and creating new applications.

    Part I Organic and Flexible Electronics

    Device Modelling for SPICE Simulations in Organic Technologies
    Anis Daami

    Nanoscale Phase Separation and Device Engineering in Polymer Solar Cells
    Swaminathan Venkatesan and Qiquan Qiao

    Mechanically Flexible Interconnects and TSVs: Applications in CMOS/MEMS Integration
    Hyung Suk Yang, Paragkumar Thadesar, Chaoqi Zhang and Muhannad Bakir

    A Wafer-Scale Rapid Electronic Systems Prototyping Platform: User Support Tools and Thermo-Mechanical Validation
    Mikaël Guillemot, Hai Nguyen, Mohammed Bougataya, Yves Blaquière, Ahmed Lakhssassi, Mary Shields and Yvon Savaria

    Part II Imaging and Display Technologies

    mirasol Displays: MEMS-Based Reflective Display Systems
    Rashmi Rao, Jennifer Gille and Nassim Khonsari

    Thin-Film Transistors Fabricated on Intentionally Agglomerated, Laser-Crystallized Silicon on Insulator
    Themistokles Afentakis

    New Approaches for High-Speed, High-Resolution Imaging
    Gil Bub, Nathan Nebeker and Roger Light

    Terahertz Communications for Terabit Wireless Imaging
    Kao-Cheng Huang and Zhaocheng Wang

    Increasing Projector Contrast and Brightness through Light Redirection
    Reynald Hoskinson and Boris Stoeber

    Part III Sensors and Microdevices

    Theoretical Electromagnetic Survey: Application to a CMOS-MEMS Planar Electrodynamic Microphone
    Fares Tounsi

    Thin-Film Sensors
    Mutsumi Kimura

    Technologies for Electric Current Sensors
    G. Velasco-Quesada, A. Conesa-Roca and M. Román-Lumbreras

    Power Density Limits and Benchmarking of Resonant Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesters
    A. Dompierre, S. Vengallatore and L.G. Fréchette

    Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Industrial Processes
    B. García-Baños, Jose M. Catalá-Civera, Antoni J. Canós and Felipe L. Peñaranda-Foix

    Microwave Reflectometry for Sensing Applications in the Agrofood Industry
    Andrea Cataldo, Egidio De Benedetto and Giuseppe Cannazza

    Part IV Point-of-Care and Biosensors

    Applications of Sensor Systems in Prognostics and Health Management
    Shunfeng Cheng and Michael Pecht

    Rigid Body Motion Capturing by Means of Wearable Inertial and Magnetic MEMS Sensor Assembly: Towards the Reconstitution of the Posture of Free-Ranging Animals in Bio-Logging
    Hassen Fourati, Noureddine Manamanni, Lissan Afilal and Yves Handrich

    Point-of-Care Testing Platform with Nanogap-Embedded Field-Effect Transistors
    Maesoon Im and Yang-Kyu Choi

    Bionanotechnological Advances in Neural Recording and Stimulation
    Alper Bozkurt and George C. McConnell

    Part V Ultra-Low-Power Biomedical Systems

    Advances in Ultra-Low-Power Miniaturized Applications for Health Care and Sports: The Sensium™ Platform
    Miguel Hernandez-Silveira, Su-Shin Ang and Alison Burdett

    Ultra-Low-Power Harvesting Body-Centred Electronics for Future Health Monitoring Devices
    Jordi Colomer-Farrarons, Pere Miribel-Catala, Esteve Juanola-Feliu and Josep Samitier

    ADC Basics and Design Techniques for a Low-Power ADC for Biomedical Applications
    Seung-Tak Ryu

    Ultra-Low-Power Techniques in Small Autonomous Implants and Sensor Nodes
    Benoit Gosselin, Sébastien Roy and Farhad Sheikh Hosseini

    Index

    Biography

    Laurent A. Francis is an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium. His main focus is on co-integrated, ultra-low-power CMOS MEMS sensors for biomedical applications and harsh environments. He was previously a researcher at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, and a visiting professor at the Université de Sherbrooke, Canada. He has published more than 60 research papers in scientific journals, international conferences, and books, and he holds one patent. He is a board member of the Belgian National Committee on Biomedical Engineering and an editorial board member of the Journal of Sensors. He is also a regular member of the IEEE.

    Krzysztof (Kris) Iniewski manages R&D at Redlen Technologies, Inc., a startup company in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a president of CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Inc., an organization of high-tech events covering communications, microsystems, optoelectronics, and sensors. Dr. Iniewski has held numerous faculty and management positions at the University of Toronto, University of Alberta, Simon Fraser University, and PMC-Sierra, Inc. He has published more than 100 research papers in international journals and conferences. He holds 18 international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and Japan. He is a frequent invited speaker, has consulted for multiple organizations internationally, and has written and edited several books.