Yuko Hanaoka, T. Fujimori, K. Yamanaka, S. Machida, H. Takano, Yasushi Goto, Hiroshi Fukuda
{"title":"One-dimensional-motion and pressure hybrid sensor fabricated and process-level-packaged with CMOS back-end-of-line processes","authors":"Yuko Hanaoka, T. Fujimori, K. Yamanaka, S. Machida, H. Takano, Yasushi Goto, Hiroshi Fukuda","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285417","url":null,"abstract":"One-dimensional movable structures (motion sensors) made from a metal silicide (WSi) core were successfully encapsulated inside a cavity in an interlayer dielectric (SiO2) covered by another metallic layer. The latter half of the fabrication process is the same as to that for the pressure sensor that we previously reported [1]; thus, both sensors can be fabricated simultaneously. As is the case with our previously reported pressure sensor, the fabrication processes are compatible with CMOS back-end-of-lines (BEOL) processes (carried out below 400°C). The motion sensor can thus be fabricated directly above integrated circuits (ICs). The fabricated sensors were electrically tested, and the measured pull-in voltage was in good agreement with the design value.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132898735","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}
{"title":"Realistic imitation of mosquito's proboscis -sharp and jagged needle and their cooperative inserting motion-","authors":"H. Izumi, M. Suzuki, T. Kanzaki, S. Aoyagi","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285601","url":null,"abstract":"Aiming at the use in low-invasive medical treatments, this paper proposes a realistic imitation of mosquito's proboscis. A silicon needle is electrochemically etched, making the three-dimensionally sharp tip with finely smooth surface. The jagged shank shape is machined by DRIE. The combined needles comprising a central straight needle and two outer jagged needles are fabricated, imitating a labrum and two maxillas of the mosquito, respectively. The cooperative motion of the three needles imitating the mosquito's motion is realized by applying PZT actuators independently to all the needles. The effectiveness of inserting these needles cooperatively was experimentally confirmed.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133678106","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}
U. Gowrishetty, K. Walsh, S. Mcnamara, T. Roussel, J. Aebersold
{"title":"Single element 3-terminal pressure sensors: A new approach to pressure sensing and its comparison to the half bridge sensors","authors":"U. Gowrishetty, K. Walsh, S. Mcnamara, T. Roussel, J. Aebersold","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285930","url":null,"abstract":"We report the development of a novel 3-terminal single element piezoresistor for ultra-miniature pressure sensor applications and compare its performance to that of a traditional half Wheatstone bridge design. The pressure sensors reported here are 0.69-French in size (1F= 333µm) and are designed and batch-fabricated using SOI (silicon on insulator) and DRIE (deep reactive ion etching) technologies. One of the major applications of this device is for blood pressure monitoring using ultra-miniature 1F catheters. The combination of SOI and DRIE technologies results in uniform diaphragm thickness and complete elimination of the post-processing dicing step by micromachining “die separation streets” during the DRIE process. The novel 3-terminal single element design and half Wheatstone bridge sensors were optimized using finite element analysis (FEA). Performance characteristics of the half bridge and 3-terminal sensors, i.e. sensitivity, nonlinearity (NL%), temperature coefficient offset (TCO) and drift were measured and compared. It was determined that the 3-terminal pressure sensors (3-TPS) had greater sensitivity, better non-linearity and lower drift compared to half bridge design sensors. The 3-TPS devices were also less sensitive to alignment errors.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"20 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132090760","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}
{"title":"A novel passive microfluidic device for preprocessing whole blood for point of care diagnostics","authors":"Pranjul Shah, M. Dimaki, W. Svendsen","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285475","url":null,"abstract":"A novel strategy to sort the cells of interest (White Blood Cells (leukocytes)) by selectively lysing the Red Blood Cells (erythrocytes) in a miniaturized microfluidic device is presented. Various methods to lyse cells on a chip exist i.e. electrical, mechanical, chemical and thermal but they need integration of electrodes, traps, reservoirs, heaters, etc which is often difficult at microscale [1 – 4]. On the other hand, FACSlyse protocol uses only osmotic pressure to lyse erythrocytes allowing further isolation of leukocytes. This motivated us to develop a novel herringbone based lyser which works on the principle of mixing whole blood with pure water in time controlled manner to lyse erythrocytes osmotically on a chip.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133260215","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}
{"title":"Photonic patterns and micro knife array on individual faces of transparent bifacial chip for in situ nir observation and biopsy","authors":"T. Kobayashi, H. Koga, S. Konishi","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285679","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a transparent bifacial biopsy chip toward the functional adaptor for endoscopic operation. The device consists of an observation side and a biopsy side. The observation side has a photonic pattern array that plays the role of planar light guide, while the biopsy side has a micro- knife array. The device can be simultaneously used for in situ observations and biopsies. We demonstrate NIR (near-infrared) observations for monitoring blood vessel and a pseudo lymph vessel with PDMS fluidic channels filled with ICG (indo cyanine green, Tokyo Kasei Kogyo co.ltd) pigment. We also demonstrate cutting and extraction of fluid from a pseudo lymph vessel.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127418907","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}
H. Hsu, H. Lee, S. Pautot, K. Yu, S. Neale, A. Ohta, A. Jamshidi, J. Valley, E. Isocaff, M. Wu
{"title":"Sorting of differentiated neurons using Phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers for cell replacement therapy of neurodegenerative diseases","authors":"H. Hsu, H. Lee, S. Pautot, K. Yu, S. Neale, A. Ohta, A. Jamshidi, J. Valley, E. Isocaff, M. Wu","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285764","url":null,"abstract":"A major challenge in cell replacement therapy for neurological diseases is the sorting of differentiated neurons because conventional cell sorting techniques require cells in suspension. Recently, spherical glass beads have been demonstrated as a movable growth substrate, allowing transport of differentiated neurons without dissociation. Phototransistor-based optoelectronic tweezers provides a gentle mean to optically manipulate cells. By combining these two approaches, we demonstrated fluorescent-activated automatic sorting of differentiated neurons. We envision employing this cell sorting system for cell replacement therapy to treat neurodegenerative diseases and other nerve injuries.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127426327","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}
{"title":"A large displacement piezodriven silicon XY-microstage","authors":"M. Sabri, T. Ono, M. Esashi","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285429","url":null,"abstract":"This paper present the fabrication and integration processes employed in order to realize the Si-PZT hybrid XY-microstage. A silicon XY-microstage with dimensions of 20×20×0.4 mm containing Moonie amplification mechanisms is fabricated and evaluated. The experimental results show that this microstage containing a commercial PZT actuator and Moonie angle of 2 degrees produced a displacement of 82 µm and 60 µm at 70 V for the X and Y directions, respectively. The fabricated microstage demonstrates that the designed amplification mechanism is able to magnify the stroke up to 18 times.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133765369","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}
{"title":"Piezoresistive ring-shaped MEMS resonator","authors":"K. L. Phan, J. V. van Beek, G. Koops","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285837","url":null,"abstract":"We have previously reported a new class of MEMS resonators based on the piezoresistive readout principle and extensional vibration mode. Those devices suffer from unwanted mode-coupling at large vibration amplitudes, giving rise to problems such as beat patterns in the time signal. In this paper, we present a novel type of piezoresistive resonator that has a shape of a ring and operates in a flexural in-plane mode shape. The new resonators can be operated at larger excitation forces without having the mode-coupling problem, as compared to the conventional piezoresistive resonators.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115334291","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}
K. Wada, M. Tarhan, C. Bottier, D. Collard, H. Fujita, R. Yokokawa
{"title":"Fabrication and characterization of multiple nanowires using microtubule structures","authors":"K. Wada, M. Tarhan, C. Bottier, D. Collard, H. Fujita, R. Yokokawa","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285848","url":null,"abstract":"We have utilized a cytoskeleton, microtubule (MT), as a template for conductive nanowires. Biotin-labeled MTs were coated with streptavidin-labeled nanogold (NG) particles. Labeling of two modified MTs, biotin-labeled and NG-coated MTs, were evaluated by fluorescent and scanning electron microscopy, which verified the specific binding of NG particles on biotin-labeled MTs. Then, NG-coated MTs were further enlarged by catalytic deposition for better conductivity. Electrical characterization proved that only the enhanced NG-coated MTs have conductivity with dependency on MT and NG concentrations.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115448524","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}
{"title":"A new platform for manipulation and separation of oil-in-water emulsion droplets using optically induced dielectrophoresis","authors":"Shih-Hsun Hung, Yen-Heng Lin, Gwo-Bin Lee","doi":"10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285884","url":null,"abstract":"A new platform for manipulation and separation of oil-in-water emulsion droplets by using optically induced dielectrophoresis (ODEP) is reported. By utilizing different scanning speeds of a moving light beam, the oil-in-water emulsion droplets can be moved and separated with a high separation resolution. Several new applications such as pre-separation and fine separation of emulsion droplets were presented. Three different sized droplets (40~43 μm, 20~30 μm and 2~8 μm) can be roughly separated first, which demonstrates the capability of the developed method for pre-separation of emulsion droplets. The fine separation of droplets with a radius of 17.5 μm and 20 μm is then performed using a moving light beam with gradual gradient of moving speeds. To avoid the collision and overlapping of the droplets, a new approach with which individual moving track for each droplet can be achieved by using well-defined moving light pattern, is adopted. Accordingly, droplets with five sizes (30, 20, 10, 7.5, and 5 μm) are successfully separated.","PeriodicalId":247826,"journal":{"name":"TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 2009 International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference","volume":"137 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124381984","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}