An overview on the vise of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies for timing
and frequency control is presented. In particular, micromechanical RF filters and reference …

This paper reports theoretical analysis and experimental results on a new class of
rectangular plate and ring-shaped contour-mode piezoelectric aluminum nitride radio …

Substantial reductions in vibrating micromechanical resonator series motional resistance R
x have been attained by mechanically coupling and exciting a parallel array of corner …

A vibrating polysilicon micromechanical" hollow-disk" ring resonator obtained by removing
quadrants of material from a solid disk resonator, but purposely leaving intact beams of …

The power consumption of integrated circuits is one of the most problematic considerations
affecting the design of high-performance chips and portable devices. The study of power …

This paper introduces the resonant body transistor (RBT), a silicon-based dielectrically
transduced nanoelectromechanical (NEM) resonator embedding a sense transistor directly …

The ubiquity of wireless links in our everyday life is increasing dramatically. One example of
this is the emerging field of wireless sensor networks. This new field presents many …

Micromechanical RF filters and reference oscillators based on recently demonstrated
vibrating on-chip micromechanical resonators with Qs> 10,000 at 1.5 GHz, are described as …

Vibrating polysilicon micromechanical ring resonators, using a unique extensional wine-
glass-mode shape to achieve lower impedance than previous UHF resonators, have been …

This paper explores the design and implementation of a low-power two-channel transceiver
using micromachined resonators. Wireless sensor networks require transceivers that are …