2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-11-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808631
J. Delamare, R. Sanders, G. Krijnen
{"title":"3D printed biomimetic whisker-based sensor with co-planar capacitive sensing","authors":"J. Delamare, R. Sanders, G. Krijnen","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808631","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the development of a whisker sensor for tactile purposes and which is fabricated by 3D printing. Read-out consists of a capacitive measurement of a co-planar capacitance which is affected by a dielectric that is driven into the electric field of the capacitance. The current implementation contains a PCB to provide the required electrode structures. We present the design, fabrication and mechanical and capacitive characterisation of this sensor.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131801391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-31DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808559
Flavilene S. Souza, N. Oki, J. V. Filho, R. Loendersloot, A. P. Berkhoff
{"title":"Accuracy and multi domain piezoelectric power harvesting model using VHDL-AMS and SPICE","authors":"Flavilene S. Souza, N. Oki, J. V. Filho, R. Loendersloot, A. P. Berkhoff","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808559","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a piezoelectric power harvesting model including both the mechanical and electrical domain. It includes a mechanical system, electrical interface, storage capacitor and load. Bridge rectifier, Parallel Synchronized Switch Harvesting on Inductor (P-SSHI) and Synchronous Electric Charge Extraction (SECE) circuits are analyzed as electrical interface. A mechanical system and control signals are implemented in VHDL-AMS and electronics components in SPICE. Simulation results and experimental data are compared to show the accuracy of the proposed model.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121447389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808586
R. D. C. Moreira, Adam Quotb, C. Tronche, F. Jayat, Antonio Luna Arriaga, T. Bosch, J. Perchoux
{"title":"An embedded 2D imager for microscale flowmetry based on optical feedback interferometry","authors":"R. D. C. Moreira, Adam Quotb, C. Tronche, F. Jayat, Antonio Luna Arriaga, T. Bosch, J. Perchoux","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808586","url":null,"abstract":"We present a compact and embedded imager based on the Optical Feedback Interferometry (OFI) sensing scheme that gives quantitative information about the velocity in fluids at micro-scale through the Doppler-Fizeau effect. This sensor can reach a spatial imaging resolution up to 5 μm in 2D scanning using a MEMS 2 axis beam-steering mirror. As an illustration of the imager performances, a 500 μm circular channel flow profile is measured. An image (300×50 pixels) of a 100 μm square section channel is successfully obtained thus validating the device.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132159803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808922
Jérémie Fourmann, A. Coustou, H. Aubert, P. Pons, J. Luc, A. Lefrançois, M. Lavayssière, A. Osmont
{"title":"Wireless pressure measurement in air blast using PVDF sensors","authors":"Jérémie Fourmann, A. Coustou, H. Aubert, P. Pons, J. Luc, A. Lefrançois, M. Lavayssière, A. Osmont","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808922","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a wireless dynamic measurement of the air blast overpressure. This system is based on a piezoelectric PolyVinyliDene Fluoride (PVDF) sensor fully characterized in a shock tube calibration instrument. A dedicated optimized wireless system is used in order to transmit the transient pressure. The pressure signal inside a fire ball was recorded wirelessly for the first time during the open field detonation of an explosive. The proposed simple and low-cost technique allows transmitting high bandwidth pressure signal and could be an alternative to the conventional wired transmission setup.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128800233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808874
E. Debourg, J. Philippe, H. Aubert, P. Pons, I. Augustyniak, P. Knapkiewicz, J. Dziuban, M. Matusiak, M. Olszacki
{"title":"Wireless hydrogen pressure dosimeter for nuclear high dose monitoring","authors":"E. Debourg, J. Philippe, H. Aubert, P. Pons, I. Augustyniak, P. Knapkiewicz, J. Dziuban, M. Matusiak, M. Olszacki","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808874","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808874","url":null,"abstract":"This communication reports the very first experimental results on an original wireless, chipless and passive (battery-less) sensor for monitoring high doses of nuclear radiation. The micro-sensor combines a miniature hydrogen pressure dosimeter with a passive microwave resonator. The pressure response is derived from Sn-parameter measurement using vacuum and atmospheric pressure conditions. After e-beam irradiation (20kGy) the resonant frequency shift of the resonator ranges between 0.12%/kGy and 0.42%/kGy while the hydrogen pressure inside the cavity varies from 20mbar/kGy to 90mbar/kGy. No significant frequency shift is observed when using sensors during 6 months. These results demonstrate that a good hydrogen hermetic seal was fabricated during the manufacturing process of the constitutive micro-cavity.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128500408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808554
Z. Chew, Tingwen Ruan, M. Zhu, M. Bafleur, J. Dilhac
{"title":"A multifunctional device as both strain sensor and energy harvester for structural health monitoring","authors":"Z. Chew, Tingwen Ruan, M. Zhu, M. Bafleur, J. Dilhac","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808554","url":null,"abstract":"In the context of wireless sensors (WSs) autonomous in energy, this paper presents a single macro-fiber composite (MFC) piezoelectric transducer which is used for the first time as a multifunctional device as both sensor and energy harvester in a time-multiplexing manner. The MFC is used as an energy harvester to charge up a storage capacitor. When there is sufficient energy, the WS is powered up and the MFC is used as a sensor. A circuit was implemented to harvest energy from the MFC and use the MFC as a sensor. Experiment validation shows that the MFC has an accuracy of up to 97 % as sensor and the circuit harvests energy from the MFC at its maximum power point (MPP) with up to 98 % efficiency.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129877799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808965
Tien Anh Nguyen, L. Chassagne, B. Cagneau, A. Fannir, Kätlin Rohtlaid, T. Nguyen, C. Plesse, F. Vidal, Chia-Ju Peng, Shih-Jui Chen
{"title":"An embedded system to control conducting interpenetrating polymer networks actuators","authors":"Tien Anh Nguyen, L. Chassagne, B. Cagneau, A. Fannir, Kätlin Rohtlaid, T. Nguyen, C. Plesse, F. Vidal, Chia-Ju Peng, Shih-Jui Chen","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808965","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we present an electronic board used for conducting Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) which can be used as sensors and/or actuators. The first prototype allows the user to generate custom signals for actuation purposes (steps, sine, triangle…). It can also record the deformations applied to the device by reading the voltage between the two electrodes. However, the voltage required for actuation is of a few volts while the measured voltages during sensing is only of a few hundreds of microvolts. It is thus necessary to magnify the measured voltage with signal processing techniques. The paper proposes an equivalent model of IPN actuator in the range of [1 Hz–1 kHz], a robust model will allow to drive the actuator thanks to the electric indicators (voltage and current) measured between the electrodes of actuator.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"427 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122866695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-30DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808490
Haris Apriyanto, Gautier Ravet, O. Bernal, M. Cattoen, F. Lizion, H. Seat, Valerie Chavagnac
{"title":"A multimode fiber refractive index sensor","authors":"Haris Apriyanto, Gautier Ravet, O. Bernal, M. Cattoen, F. Lizion, H. Seat, Valerie Chavagnac","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808490","url":null,"abstract":"We present a simple refractive index sensor based on multimode fibers realized by stripping three different lengths of cladding. We theoretically explain and experimentally validate three mechanisms occurring in the multimode fiber for sensing surrounding refractive index. This sensor has been demonstrated at 1550 nm for a wide range of refractive index variation from 1.3164 to 1.608. Our sensor is very sensitive for measuring refractive index values lower than but close to the refractive index value of the fiber core.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"37 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131574167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808780
Cheng Tu, Joshua E-Y Lee, A. Frank, C. Schäffel, U. Stehr, M. Hein
{"title":"Probing anchor losses in AlN-on-Si contour mode MEMS resonators through laser Doppler vibrometry","authors":"Cheng Tu, Joshua E-Y Lee, A. Frank, C. Schäffel, U. Stehr, M. Hein","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808780","url":null,"abstract":"We present the novel application of high frequency laser Doppler vibrometry to measure the underlying mechanism leading to anchor loss that now limits the quality factor of low impedance contour mode aluminum nitride (AlN) on silicon resonators. We applied the technique to two resonators designed to have largely different quality factors (2100 vs. 12000) in order to correlate the findings from laser vibrometer measurements to anchor loss. We show that the vibrometer measurements are in close harmony with findings from finite element analysis. These results allow us to move beyond pure simulations in the course of analyzing anchor losses in AlN-on-Si contour mode resonators.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116628125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
2016 IEEE SENSORSPub Date : 2016-10-01DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808723
E. Salomons, Henk van Leeuwen, P. Havinga
{"title":"Impact of multiple sound types on environmental sound classification","authors":"E. Salomons, Henk van Leeuwen, P. Havinga","doi":"10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808723","url":null,"abstract":"A wireless sensor network equipped with microphones can be used for context awareness by classifying sound events in the target environment. This classification will become less accurate when more than one sound can be heard at the same time. We conduct a series of experiments in which we mix different sound types in order to see how high this influence is. We conclude, that in most cases, the classifier will become unreliable if other sounds with the same loudness are audible within a range of less than five times the distance of the main sound from the microphone.","PeriodicalId":247608,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE SENSORS","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116862990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}