This paper presents a measurement technique and system for the contactless interrogation of capacitive sensors via electromagnetic coupling. The interrogation unit employs a primary coil to periodically excite the capacitive sensor connected to a secondary coil forming an LC resonant circuit. When the excitation to the primary coil is switched off the damped response of the LC circuit is detect...

Surface micromachining has become an established technology for inertial sensing. Compatibility with standard IC fabrication processes enables monolithic integration of the sensing element and interface electronics for reduced size and power dissipation, simplified packaging, and increased functionality. The need to resolve sub-Angstrom displacements poses a challenge on the interface. Capaciti...

The paper is dealing with some electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) problems of converters and inverters, which are utilized for feeding of electric machines and its analyzing by PSPICE program. The main attention is focused on implications of parasitic capacitance and capacitive coupling existence.

The influence of dose rate, i.e., ion flux, on ion beam mixing in Nb-Si bilayer samples was measured at room temperature and 325 °C. At the higher temperature, an increase in dose rate of a factor of 20 caused a decrease in the thickness of the mixed layer by a factor of 1.6 for equal total doses. At room temperature, the same change in flux had no effect on mixing. These results are consistent...

This paper reports a 3-axis fully integrated differential capacitive tactile sensor surface-mountable on a bus line. The sensor integrates a flip-bonded complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) with capacitive sensing circuits on a low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) interposer with Au through vias by Au-Au thermo-compression bonding. The CMOS circuit and bonding pads on the sensor bac...

Histamine is an important agent of innate immunity, transiently increasing the flux of immune-competent molecules from the vascular space to the tissues and then allowing rapid restoration of the integrity of the endothelial barrier. In previous work we found that histamine alters the endothelial barrier by disrupting cell-cell adhesion and identified VE-cadherin as an essential participant in ...

As an essential part of engine health monitoring (EHM), online lubrication oil debris monitoring has recently received great attention for the assessment of rotating and reciprocating parts in aero-engines, due to its high integration, low cost and safe characteristics. However, it is be a challenge to find a suitable sensor operating in such a complex environment. We present an unconventional ...

In this paper a new design of MEMS capacitive fingerprint sensors is presented. The capacitive sensor is made of two parallel plates with air gap. In these sensors, the capacitance changes is very important factor. It is caused by deformation of the upper electrode of sensor. In this study with making slots in upper electrode, using T-shaped protrusion on diaphragm in order to concentrate the f...