As a typical type of MEMS acceleration sensor, the inertial switch can alter its on-off state
while the environmental accelerations satisfy threshold value. An exhaustive summary of the …

Real-time health condition monitoring of bearings plays a significant role in the functionality
of the rotary machinery. Multi-channel sensor fusion can be more robust for identifying …

This paper presents a review of the recent advances on micromachined inertial
switches/triggers. The review focuses on their advantages and disadvantages, sensitive …

In this paper, we introduce a compliant mechanical amplifier (mechAMP) suitable for the
sensitivity enhancement in MEMS sensor applications. The design, fabrication and …

Modeling, numerical, and experimental efforts undertaken to develop a fundamental
understanding of latching in a MEMS shock sensor are presented. A two degree-of-freedom …

This paper presents the design, modeling, fabrication, and testing of a MEMS passive shock
sensor to record multiple threshold events with robust latching mechanism using mass …

Sensors and systems in Civionics technology play an important role for continuously
facilitating real-time structure monitoring systems by detecting and locating damage to or …

A self-powered micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) inertial switch has been proposed
for potential wake-up application without additional power consumption. In comparison with …

A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) inertial switch is both a sensor and an actuator by
only capturing a threshold and a close/open timestamp, yielding unique benefits like lower …

In the IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 1102–1109, 2007, we presented an analyzing
method for a threshold accelerometer based on the fully compliant bistable mechanism …