Journal Sensors and Actuator A: Physical, Vol. 152, Issue 1

Journal: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A: PHYSICAL

ISSN: 0924-4247 Vol.152/1

Date: 21 May 2009

1.	Editorial Board Page i

Physical Section

2.	Capacitive passenger detection utilizing dielectric dispersion in human tissues Pages 1-4 Armin Satz, Dirk Hammerschmidt, David Tumpold

3.	A sensor for measurements of temperature and water concentration using a single tunable diode laser near 1.4 μm Pages 5-12 Tingdong Cai, Hui Jia, Guishi Wang, Weidong Chen, Xiaoming Gao

4.	In situ digital microfluidic conductance sampling Pages 13-20 Jacqueline Nichols, Ali Ahmadi, Mina Hoorfar, Homayoun Najjaran, Jonathan F. Holzman

5.	Intrinsic limits of the sensitivity of CMOS integrated vertical Hall devices Pages 21-28 Joris Pascal, Luc Hébrard, Vincent Frick, Jean-Baptiste Kammerer, Jean-Philippe Blondé

6.	Sensitivity analysis of packaging effect of silicon-based piezoresistive pressure sensor Pages 29-38 Tsung-Lin Chou, Chen-Hung Chu, Chun-Te Lin, Kuo-Ning Chiang

Materials and Technology Section

7.	Stability of thin platinum films implemented in high-temperature microdevices Pages 39-47 R.M. Tiggelaar, R.G.P. Sanders, A.W. Groenland, J.G.E. Gardeniers

Actuator Section

8.	Analyses of vibration-based piezoelectric power generator in discontinuous operation mode Pages 48-52 Jian-Hui Lin, Xiao-Ming Wu, Hao Chen, Xi Liu, Tian-Ling Ren, Li-Tian Liu

9.	Application of visual servo-control X–Y table in color filter cross mark alignment Pages 53-62 Shiuh-Jer Huang, Shu-Yi Lin

Micromechanics Section

10.	Numerical models and experimental investigation of energy loss mechanisms in SOI-based tuning-fork gyroscopes Pages 63-74 Yang Xu, Ren Wang, Shiva Krishna Durgam, Zhili Hao, Linda Vahala

11.	Anisotropic wet etching silicon tips of small opening angle in KOH solution with the additions of I₂/KI Pages 75-79 Jianqiang Han, Shaoyong Lu, Qing Li, Xiaolu Li, Jiangying Wang

12.	Robust micro-rate sensor actuated by parametric resonance Pages 80-87 Laura A. Oropeza-Ramos, Christopher B. Burgner, Kimberly L. Turner

13.	Charge redistribution in electrochemically actuated mechanical sensors Pages 88-95 F. Amiot, F. Kanoufi, F. Hild, J.P. Roger

14.	Fabrication of Au sidewall micropatterns using Si-reinforced PDMS molds Pages 96-103 Xinchuan Liu, Cheng Luo

Systems/Applications Section

15.	Development of an auto test system for humidity sensors Pages 104-109 Yingliang Feng, Shujuan Wang, Bin Feng, Rui Wang, Yuan He, Tong Zhang

Technology Section

16.	A biomimetic piezoelectric pump: Computational and experimental characterization Pages 110-118 Cícero R. de Lima, Sandro L. Vatanabe, Andres Choi, Paulo Henrique Nakasone, Rogério Felipe Pires, Emílio Carlos Nelli Silva