ABSTRACT In this paper a potential application of a novel adaptive controller based on robust fixed point transformations of local basin of attraction in iterative learning is suggested on the basis of numerical simulation results. Its main advantage is its simplicity in comparison with the more sophisticated adaptive approaches in nonlinear control that normally are based on the application of...

Title of dissertation: INTEGRATED CMOS CAPACITANCE SENSOR AND MICROACTUATOR CONTROL CIRCUITS FOR ON-CHIP CELL MONITORING Somashekar Bangalore Prakash Doctor of Philosophy, 2008 Dissertation directed by: Professor Pamela Abshire Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering “Cell Clinics,” CMOS/MEMS hybrid microsystems for on-chip investigation of biological cells, are currently being engine...

Angular electrostatic microactuators suitable for use in a two-stage servo system for magnetic disk drives have been fabricated from molded chemical-vapor-deposited (CVD) polysilicon using the HexSil process. A 2.6-mm-diameter device has been shown to be capable of positioning the read/write elements of a 30% picoslider over a 1m range, with a predicted bandwidth of 2 kHz. The structures are fo...