Browsing by Author "Fernández Martínez, Daniel"
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A self-test and dynamics characterization circuit for MEMS electrostatic actuators
(2011-03)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper presents a high-bandwidth capacitance estimation and driving circuit especially tailored for its use with MEMS electrostatic actuators. The circuit can be integrated as a part of a system comprising an electrostatic ... -
A test setup for the characterization of Lorentz-force MEMS magnetometers
(2021-09-13)
Article
Open AccessLorentz-force MEMS magnetometers are interesting candidates for the replacement of magnetometers in consumer electronics products. Plenty of works in the literature propose MEMS magnetometers, their readout circuits and ... -
Arquitecturas y circuitos CMOS para el control, generación y procesado de señal de MEMS
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2008-11-01)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEn esta tesis se muestran arquitecturas y circuitos CMOS para el control de actuadores electroestáticos MEMS y para la generación y procesado de las señales proveniente de microsistemas. <br/>En el primer capítulo se ... -
Bioinspired sensory integration for environment-perception embedded systems
(2011)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn this work, the architecture of a system intended for bioinspired environment perception is described. Considering the technology trends and applications requirements, the properties of such a system are discussed. ... -
Characterization of CMOS-MEMS resonant pressure sensors
(2017-08-30)
Article
Open AccessIEEE Comprehensive characterization results of a CMOS-MEMS resonant pressure sensor are presented. We have extensively evaluated the key performance parameters of our device in terms of quality factor (Q) variations under ... -
Closed-form equation for natural frequencies of beams under full range of axial loads modeled with a spring-mass system
(2019-04-01)
Article
Open AccessA new simple closed-form equation that accurately predicts the effect of an arbitrarily large constant axial load, residual stress or temperature shift on the natural frequencies of an uniform single-span beam, with various ... -
CMOS BEOL-embedded z-axis accelerometer
(Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2015-05-28)
Article
Open AccessA first reported complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-integrated acceleration sensor obtained through isotropic inter-metal dielectric (IMD) etching of a back-end-of-line (BEOL) integrated circuit interconnection ... -
Curvature of BEOL cantilevers in CMOS-MEMS processes
(2017-08-01)
Article
Open AccessThis paper presents the curvature characterization results of released back-end-of-line 5 µm-wide cantilevers for two different 0.18-µm 1P6M complementary metal-oxide semiconductor microelectromechanical systems processes. ... -
LCMOS: Light-powered standard CMOS circuits
(2012)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyLCMOS, a harvest-use light-powered scheme for standard CMOS circuits based on photogenerated currents in the drain-substrate PN junction of both PMOS and NMOS transistors is introduced. PMOS and NMOS bulks are ... -
Manufacturing Issues of BEOL CMOS-MEMS Devices
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021-06-07)
Article
Open AccessIn this paper we present a comprehensive report on the issues found during the manufacturing of high-yield CMOS-MEMS sensors based on vapor-phase hydrogen fluoride (vapor- HF ) oxide etching. During the study we have ... -
Optimization of parameters for CMOS MEMS resonant pressure sensors
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMicro machined resonant pressure sensors have rapidly grown into a major type of MEMS products over the past two decades. This paper presents the mathematical modelling of squeeze film damping in a MEMS resonant pressure ... -
Self-controlled 4-transistor low-power min-max current selector
(2009-10)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyFour cross-coupled MOS transistors operating as switches implement a very compact, fast, low-power and precise minimum and maximum current selector. Local positive feedback allows the circuit to work without the need of ... -
Sense/Drive Architecture for CMOS-MEMS Accelerometers with Relaxation Oscillator and TDC
(IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, 2012)
Conference report
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Translinear signal processing circuits in standard CMOS FPAA
(IEEE Press. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009-12)
Conference report
Open AccessIn this paper, the implementation of signal processing circuits on a novel translinear Field-Programmable Analog Array (FPAA) testchip is reported. The FPAA testchip is based on a 0.35-micron, fully CMOS translinear ...
