MEMS-based thermoelectric infrared sensors: A review

D Xu, Y Wang, B **ong, T Li - Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, 2017‏ - Springer
In the past decade, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based thermoelectric infrared
(IR) sensors have received considerable attention because of the advances in …

Review of micromachined thermopiles for infrared detection

A Graf, M Arndt, M Sauer… - Measurement Science and …, 2007‏ - iopscience.iop.org
During the last few years, thermopiles have come increasingly under the spotlight of
commercial infrared sensing. This growing interest has motivated us to write an overview of …

Nanorobot architecture for medical target identification

A Cavalcanti, B Shirinzadeh, RA Freitas… - Nanotechnology, 2007‏ - iopscience.iop.org
This work has an innovative approach for the development of nanorobots with sensors for
medicine. The nanorobots operate in a virtual environment comparing random, thermal and …

Recent advances on MEMS based Infrared Thermopile detectors

SB Mbarek, N Alcheikh, MI Younis - Microsystem Technologies, 2022‏ - Springer
During the last decade, IR MEMS thermopile detectors have become a topic of increasing
interest because of their reliable characteristics and excellent cost-performance ratio …

Influence of annealing on thermoelectric properties of bismuth telluride films grown via radio frequency magnetron sputtering

H Huang, W Luan, S Tu - Thin Solid Films, 2009‏ - Elsevier
Bismuth telluride films were prepared via radio frequency magnetron sputtering. Mixed
powders with different composition were used as sputtering targets. Influence of the …

A front-side microfabricated tiny-size thermopile infrared detector with high sensitivity and fast response

W Li, Z Ni, J Wang, X Li - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a novel tiny-sized (116 μm× 134 μm) single-crystalline silicon/aluminum
infrared (IR) thermopile detector, which is micromachined only from the front side of (111) …

Complete analytical modeling and analysis of micromachined thermoelectric uncooled IR sensors

C Escriba, E Campo, D Estève, JY Fourniols - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
This paper deals with a complete analytical modeling and analysis of thermoelectric
uncooled infrared sensors compatible with CMOS technology. The operating principle …

2-D curve matching using high curvature points: application to stereo vision

R Deriche, O Faugeras - [1990] Proceedings. 10th International …, 1990‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The authors present an efficient approach for reliably matching a set of points extracted from
the environment of a mobile robot by means of passive stereo vision using two or three …

Temperature sensitivity of SOI-CMOS transistors for use in uncooled thermal sensing

E Socher, SM Beer… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The temperature coefficient of current (TCC) of CMOS transistors implemented on silicon-on-
insulator substrates is theoretically and empirically studied for its potential use in uncooled …

[PDF][PDF] Nanorobot for treatment of patients with artery occlusion

A Cavalcanti, L Rosen, B Shirinzadeh… - … of Virtual Concept, 2006‏ - nanorobotdesign.com
This paper presents the study of nanorobots control activation for stenosed coronary
occlusion, with the practical use of chemical and thermal gradients for biomedical problems …