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    • A Second-order delta-sigma control of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive MEMS 

      Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Blokhina, Elena; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2015-04-01)
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      This letter introduces a new second-order delta-sigma method for controlling the dielectric charge in contactless capacitive microelectromechanical systems. This method improves the one previously proposed by the authors, ...
    • Activation of different MEMS resonant modes with pulsed digital oscillators 

      Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Blokhina, Elena; Pons Nin, Joan; Feely, Orla; Sanchez Rojas, Jose Luis (Springer Verlag, 2010)
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      The objective of this work is to show that is possible to excite different vibration modes of MEMS resonators using Pulsed Digital Oscillators. This class of circuits exhibit two different behaviours: the oscillation and ...
    • Characterization method of the dynamics of the trapped charge in contactless capacitive MEMS 

      Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
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      Dielectric charging of insulating films in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) has a crucial effect on the operation of those devices. A new method is presented in order to characterize the dynamics of the charge trapped ...
    • Charge trapping control in MOS capacitors 

      Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Bheesayagari, Chenna Reddy; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; López Rodríguez, Gema; Martín García, Isidro; Blokhina, Elena; Pons Nin, Joan (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2016-12-26)
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      This paper presents an active control of C-V characteristic for MOS capacitors based on Sliding Mode control and sigma-delta-modulation. The capacitance of the device at a certain voltage is measured periodically and ...
    • Circuit modeling of a MEMS varactor including dielectric charging dynamics 

      Giounanlis, Panagiotis; Andrade Miceli, Dennis; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Blokhina, Elena (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2016-06-01)
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      Electrical models for MEMS varactors including the effect of dielectric charging dynamics are not available in commercial circuit simulators. In this paper a circuit model using lumped ideal elements available in the Cadence ...
    • Control of MEMS vibration modes with pulsed digital Oscillators. Part II: simulation and experimental results 

      Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Ricart Campos, Jordi; Pons Nin, Joan; Blokhina, Elena; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Hernando, Jorge; Manzaneque, Tomas; Sanchez Rojas, Jose Luis; Feely, Orla (2010-08)
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      This paper extends our previous work on the selective excitation of mechanical vibration modes in MEMS devices using pulsed digital oscillators (PDOs). It begins by presenting extensive simulation results using the set ...
    • Control of MEMS vibration modes with pulsed digital oscillators: part I—theory 

      Blokhina, Elena; Pons Nin, Joan; Ricart Campos, Jordi; Feely, Orla; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2010-08)
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      The aim of this paper is to show that it is possible to excite selectively different mechanical resonant modes of a MEMS structure using pulsed digital oscillators (PDOs). This can be done by simply changing the working ...
    • Delta-sigma control of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive MEMS 

      Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2014-08-01)
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      In this paper, we present a new closed-loop control method of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive microelectromechanical systems. The method uses a feedback loop to maintain the net charge in the dielectric layer ...
    • Design and test of resonators using PiezoMUMPS technology 

      Pons Nin, Joan; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Blokhina, Elena; O'Connell, D.; Feely, Orla (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
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      This paper presents preliminary results obtained with devices fabricated with the new PiezoMUMPS process. Since these devices will be used as resonators in applications based on Pulsed Digital Oscillators, we analyze, both ...
    • Dielectric charge control in electrostatic MEMS positioners/varactors 

      Blokhina, Elena; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Lopez, David; Molinero Giles, David; Feely, Orla; Pons Nin, Joan; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2012-06)
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      A new dynamical closed-loop method is proposed to control dielectric charging in capacitive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) positioners/varactors for enhanced reliability and robustness. Instead of adjusting the ...
    • Discrete-time modelling of Sigma-Delta Inspired Systems for MEMS 

      Blokhina, Elena; Giounanlis, Panagiotis; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Feely, Orla (Springer, 2015)
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    • Dynamics of the MEMS pulsed digital oscillator with multiple delays in the feedback loop 

      Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009-05)
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      In this paper we apply methods of nonlinear dynamics to examine the behavior of the pulsed digital oscillator for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). We study the regions of existence of oscillations and demonstrate ...
    • Excitation of multiple spatial modes of a MENS cantilever in the pulsed digital oscillator 

      Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009)
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      The aim of this paper is to apply an approach that will allow us to consider different mechanical modes of a MEMS cantilever in the form of separate mass-spring-damper equations with the appropriate form of an external ...
    • Modelling of a charge control method for capacitive MEMS 

      Giounanlis, Panonios; Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Pons Nin, Joan; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
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      Charging of dielectric materials in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuated electrostatically is a major reliability issue. In our previous work we proposed a feedback loop control method that is implemented as ...
    • Nonlinear dynamics and bifurcation behavior of a 2-DOF spring resonator with end stopper for energy harvesting 

      El Aroudi, Abdelali; Blokhina, Elena; O'Connell, D.; Fu, B.; Frizzell, R.; Feely, Orla; Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José (EDP Sciences, 2014)
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      In this paper, the model of a two-degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) spring resonator with end stopper for an energy harvesting application is presented. Then we characterize its nonlinear dynamical behavior by numerical simulations ...
    • On some properties of the output of a pulsed digital oscillator working with multiple resonances 

      Blokhina, Elena; Feely, Orla; Ricart Campos, Jordi; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)
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      In this paper, we study the possible output of the pulsed digital oscillator (PDO) with multiple resonant modes of the mechanical resonator in the feedback loop. PDOs are simple circuits that allow linear resonators to ...
    • Piezo-MUMPS batch #1. First Report. 

      Pons Nin, Joan; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Blokhina, Elena; O'Connell, D. (2013-07-12)
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    • Pulsed digital oscillators for electrostatic MEMS 

      Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Ruiz Fernández, Daniel; Blokhina, Elena; Pons Nin, Joan; Jiménez Serres, Vicente; O'Connell, D.; Feely, Orla; Madrenas Boadas, Jordi; Domínguez Pumar, Manuel (2012)
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      This paper introduces a new actuation scheme for implementing Pulsed Digital Oscillators (PDOs) for electrostatic MEMS resonators. In this scheme, the capacitance of the device is biased with a voltage and it is periodically ...
    • Real-time characterization of dielectric charging in contactless capacitive MEMS 

      Domínguez Pumar, Manuel; Gorreta Mariné, Sergio; Pons Nin, Joan; Blokhina, Elena; Giounanlis, Panonios; Feely, Orla (2015-03-01)
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      This paper presents a new method to characterize the dynamics of the charge trapped in the dielectric layer of contactless microelectromechanical systems. For sampled-time systems, this allows knowing the state of the net ...
    • Scalable multi-chip quantum architectures enabled by cryogenic hybrid wireless/quantum-coherent network-in-package 

      Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José; Abadal Cavallé, Sergi; Sebastiano, Fabio; Babaie, Masoud; Charbon, Edoardo; Bolívar, Peter Haring; Palesi, Maurizio; Blokhina, Elena; Leipold, Dirk; Staszewski, Bogdan; García Sáez, Artur; García Almudever, Carmen (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
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      The grand challenge of scaling up quantum computers requires a full-stack architectural standpoint. In this position paper, we will present the vision of a new generation of scalable quantum computing architectures featuring ...