MEMS for nanopositioning: Design and applications

M Maroufi, AG Fowler… - Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nanopositioners are high-precision mechatronic devices that are capable of generating
mechanical motion with nanometer or sub-nanometer resolution. With this motion typically …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable terahertz metamaterial using electrostatically electric split-ring resonator

T Xu, R Xu, YS Lin - Results in Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
A design of electrostatically tunable metamaterial is proposed in the terahertz (THz)
frequency range using electric split-ring resonators (eSRR), which shows polarization …

Force-controlled MEMS rotary microgripper

B Piriyanont, AG Fowler… - Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a force-controlled microelectromechanical systems rotary microgripper
with integrated electrothermal sensors. The proposed microgripper achieves a large …

A MEMS XY-stage integrating compliant mechanism for nanopositioning at sub-nanometer resolution

X **, T Clancy, X Wu, Y Sun, X Liu - Journal of Micromechanics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reports a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based XY-stage integrating
compliant motion amplification mechanism for nanopositioning at sub nanometer resolution …

Design and evaluation of a fast, high-resolution sensor evaluation platform applied to MEMS position sensing

LM Faller, T Mitterer, JP Leitzke… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and implementation of an adaptable field-programmable gate array
(FPGA)-based sensor evaluation platform. This platform is developed to benchmark a …

A new technique for optimization of linear displacement measurement based on MEMS accelerometer

ML Hoang, M Carratù, MA Ugwiri… - 2020 International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Linear displacement has been widely applied in the technology and applications for Industry
4.0. The Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) accelerometer is a potential candidate in …

Investigation on influence factors of opto-electrostatic hybrid driving torsion actuator based on PLZT ceramic

Y Liu, X Wang, J Wang, H Chen, J Huang - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
PLZT (lanthanum-doped lead zirconate titanate) ceramic has obtained widespread
applications in the engineering fields. Especially, it has broad application prospects in …

Single ended capacitive self-sensing system for comb drives driven XY nanopositioners

PG Del Corro, M Imboden, DJ Pérez, DJ Bishop… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents the implementation of a system to capacitively self-sense the position of
a comb drive based MEMS XY nanopositioner from a single common node. The …

Design of a fast, high-resolution sensor evaluation platform applied to a capacitive position sensor for a micromirror

LM Faller, J Leitzke, H Zangl - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design and implementation of an adaptable FPGA-based sensor evaluation
platform. This platform is developed for benchmarking of an inkjet-printed capacitive position …

On the realization of self-sensing piezoelectric MEMS actuators

S Tiwari, R Kumar, PK Menon… - … and Robotics at …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three different configurations of self-sensing piezoelectric MEMS actuators are designed,
fabricated, and tested with PZT as the active material. A two-port circular diaphragm …