Journal Sensors and Actuator A: Physical, Vol. 154, Issue 1

Journal: SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A: PHYSICAL

ISSN: 0924-4247 Vol.154/1

Date: 31 August 2009

Physical Section

1.	Reducing thermal transient induced errors in thermopile sensors in ear thermometer applications Pages 1-6 Martin Liess, Herman Karagözoglu, Henrik Ernst

2.	Compensating on-chip transmission line losses for a high-sensitivity microwave sensor Pages 7-11 Chunrong Song, James E. Harriss, Pingshan Wang

3.	Fiber Bragg grating weighing sensor of beam with two parallel holes Pages 12-15 Chuan Li, Yu Wang, Zhou Wan, Yan Chen, Jiang-Chun Xu, Xiao-Ping Xu

4.	Temperature compensated high efficiency inductor current sensor Pages 16-22 K.M. Tsang, W.L. Chan

5.	A novel frequency method for quantitative analysis of fluorescence dye concentration by using series photodetector frequency circuit system Pages 23-29 Yuh Ming Hsu, Chung Cheng Chang

6.	FEM modeling of SAW organic vapor sensors Pages 30-34 Yi-Gui Zhao, Ming Liu, Dong-Mei Li, Jing-Jing Li, Jie-Bin Niu

7.	Highly sensitive micromachined capacitive pressure sensor with reduced hysteresis and low parasitic capacitance Pages 35-41 T. Pedersen, G. Fragiacomo, O. Hansen, E.V. Thomsen

8.	Polysilicon nanofilm pressure sensor Pages 42-45 Xiaowei Liu, Xuebin Lu, Rongyan Chuai, Changzhi Shi, Chunguang Suo

9.	Continuous-time interface for a micromachined capacitive accelerometer with NEA of g and bandwidth of 300 Hz Pages 46-56 Lasse Aaltonen, Kari Halonen

10.	Development of a piezoelectric polymer film sensor for plantar normal and shear stress measurements Pages 57-64 Satu Kärki, Jukka Lekkala, Hannu Kuokkanen, Jouko Halttunen

Interfaces Section

11.	PC sound card-based simple instrument for the potentiometric sensors Pages 65-68 Sukhen Chandra, Abu Bakar Md. Ismail

Materials and Technology Section

12.	Magnetic flux memory effect using a magnetostrictive material-shape memory piezoelectric actuator composite Pages 69-72 Tomoya Ozaki, Hiroshi Hosaka, Takeshi Morita

13.	Covalently bonded multi-walled carbon nanotubes-cellulose electro-active paper actuator Pages 73-78 Sungryul Yun, Jaehwan Kim

14.	Piezoresistance in chemically synthesized polypyrrole thin films Pages 79-84 S. Barnoss, H. Shanak, C.C. Bof Bufon, T. Heinzel

15.	Characterization of intermediate In/Ag layers of low temperature fluxless solder based wafer bonding for MEMS packaging Pages 85-91 Chengkuo Lee, Aibin Yu, Liling Yan, Haitao Wang, Johnny Han He, Qing Xin Zhang, John H. Lau

Actuator Section

16.	Miniature spherical motor using iron–gallium alloy (Galfenol) Pages 92-96 Toshiyuki Ueno, Chihiro Saito, Nobuo Imaizumi, Toshiro Higuchi

17.	Effects of internal electrode composition on the reliability of low-firing PMN–PZT multilayer ceramic actuators Pages 97-102 Jae-Shin Lee, Mun-Seok Choi, Hyoung Su Han, Young-Min Kong, Sunjung Kim, Ill Won Kim, Min Soo Kim, Soon Jong Jeong

18.	Micromachined PZT cantilever based on SOI structure for low frequency vibration energy harvesting Pages 103-108 Dongna Shen, Jung-Hyun Park, Joo Hyon Noh, Song-Yul Choe, Seung-Hyun Kim, Howard C. Wikle III, Dong-Joo Kim

19.	A microfabricated and microassembled wireless resonator Pages 109-116 Michael Flückiger, Zoltán Nagy, Martin Probst, Olgaç Ergeneman, Salvador Pané, Bradley J. Nelson

20.	Piezoelectricity of wet drawn cellulose electro-active paper Pages 117-122 Chulho Yang, Jung-Hwan Kim, Joo-Hyung Kim, Jaehwan Kim, Heung Soo Kim

Micromechanics Section

21.	Numerical and experimental characterization of 3-phase rectification of nanobead dielectrophoretic transport exploiting Brownian motion Pages 123-131 Ersin Altintas, Edin Sarajlic, Karl F. Böhringer, Hiroyuki Fujita

22.	Effects of trapped air bubbles on frequency responses of the piezo-driven inkjet printheads and visualization of the bubbles using synchrotron X-ray Pages 132-139 Byung-Hun Kim, Tae-Gyun Kim, Tae-Kyung Lee, Sungwook Kim, Seung-Joo Shin, Seong-Jin Kim, Sang-Joon Lee

23.	Failure of Au RF-MEMS switches subjected to dynamic loading Pages 140-148 J. Kimberley, R.S. Cooney, J. Lambros, I. Chasiotis, N.S. Barker

24.	Characterization of Young's modulus and residual stress gradient of MetalMUMPs electroplated nickel film Pages 149-156 Siyuan He, John S. Chang, Lihua Li, Hsu Ho

Systems/Applications Section

25.	Sensor-Ball system based on IEEE 1451 for monitoring the condition of power transmission lines Pages 157-168 Jeong-Do Kim, Jung-Hwan Lee, Yu-Kyung Ham, Chul-Ho Hong, Byoung-Woon Min, Sang-Goog Lee

26.	IEEE 1451.0 standard based smart readout for multi-rate control of system Pages 169-174 J. Kamala, B. Umamaheswari

Technology Section

27.	Characterization of electrospun ZnO–SnO₂ nanofibers for ethanol sensor Pages 175-179 Xiaofeng Song, Li Liu

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Wafer bonding with nano-imprint resists as sacrificial adhesive for fabrication of silicon-on-integrated-circuit (SOIC) wafers in 3D integration of MEMS and ICs
Pages 180-186
Frank Niklaus, Adit Decharat, Fredrik Forsberg, Niclas Roxhed, Martin Lapisa, Michael Populin, Fabian Zimmer, Jörn Lemm, Göran Stemme