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Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies Applications and Their Devices, Circuits, and Systems Series Editor Krzysztof Iniewski CMOS Emerging Technologies Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PUBLISHED TITLES: Atomic Nanoscale Technology in the Nuclear Industry Taeho Woo Biological and Medical Sensor Technologies Krzysztof Iniewski Building Sensor Networks: From Design to Applications Ioanis Nikolaidis and Krzysztof Iniewski Electrical Solitons: Theory, Design, and Applications David Ricketts and Donhee Ham Electronics for Radiation Detection Krzysztof Iniewski Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, and Nanostuctures: Techniques and Applications James E. Morris and Krzysztof Iniewski High-Speed Photonics Interconnects Lukas Chrostowski and Krzysztof Iniewski Integrated Microsystems: Electronics, Photonics, and Biotechnology Krzysztof Iniewski Internet Networks: Wired, Wireless, and Optical Technologies Krzysztof Iniewski Low Power Emerging Wireless Technologies Lukas Chrostowski and Krzysztof Iniewski MEMS: Fundamental Technology and Applications Vikas Choudhary and Krzysztof Iniewski Nano-Semiconductors: Devices and Technology Krzysztof Iniewski Nanoelectronic Device Applications Handbook James E. Morris and Krzysztof Iniewski Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies and Their Applications Laurent A. Francis and Krzysztof Iniewski Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies Krzysztof Iniewski Radiation Effects in Semiconductors Krzysztof Iniewski PUBLISHED TITLES: Semiconductor Radiation Detection Systems Krzysztof Iniewski Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications Krzysztof Iniewski Telecommunication Networks Eugenio Iannone Testing for Small-Delay Defects in Nanoscale CMOS Integrated Circuits Sandeep K. Goel and Krishnendu Chakrabarty FORTHCOMING TITLES: 3 D Circuit and System Design: Multicore Architecture, Thermal Management, and Reliability Rohit Sharma and Krzysztof Iniewski CMOS: Front-End Electronics for Radiation Sensors Angelo Rivetti Embedded and Networking Systems: Design, Software, and Implementation Gul N. Khan and Krzysztof Iniewski Energy Harvesting with Functional Materials and Microsystems Madhu Bhaskaran, Sharath Sriram, and Krzysztof Iniewski High Frequency Communication and Sensing: Traveling-Wave Techniques Ahmet Tekin and Ahmed Emira High-Speed Devices and Circuits with THz Applications Jung Han Choi and Krzysztof Iniewski Integrated Power Devices and TCAD Simulation Yue Fu, Zhanming Li, Wai Tung Ng, and Johnny K.O. Sin Labs-on-Chip: Physics, Design and Technology Eugenio Iannone Medical Imaging: Technology and Applications Troy Farncombe and Krzysztof Iniewski Metallic Spintronic Devices Xiaobin Wang Microfluidics and Nanotechnology: Biosensing to the Single Molecule Limit Eric Lagally and Krzysztof Iniewski MIMO Power Line Communications: Narrow and Broadband Standards, EMC, and Advanced Processing Lars Torsten Berger, Andreas Schwager, Pascal Pagani, and Daniel Schneider Mobile Point-of-Care Monitors and Diagnostic Device Design Walter Karlen and Krzysztof Iniewski Nanoelectronics: Devices, Circuits, and Systems Nikos Konofaos FORTHCOMING TITLES: Nanomaterials: A Guide to Fabrication and Applications Gordon Harling and Krzysztof Iniewski Nanopatterning and Nanoscale Devices for Biological Applications Krzysztof Iniewski and Seila Selimovic Nanoplasmonics: Advanced Device Applications James W. M. Chon and Krzysztof Iniewski Nanoscale Semiconductor Memories: Technology and Applications Santosh K. Kurinec and Krzysztof Iniewski Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Sebastian Magierowski Semiconductor Device Technology: Silicon and Materials Tomasz Brozek and Krzysztof Iniewski Smart Grids: Design, Strategies, and Processes David Bakken and Krzysztof Iniewski Soft Errors: From Particles to Circuits Jean-Luc Autran and Daniela Munteanu Technologies for Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion Kevin Yallup and Krzysztof Iniewski VLSI: Circuits for Emerging Applications Tomasz Wojcicki and Krzysztof Iniewski Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies Applications and Their Edited by Laurent A. Francis Krzysztof Iniewski Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Chapter 1 © 2014 by Annis Daami. Chapter 5 © 2014 by Rashmi Rao, Jennifer Gille, and Nassim Khonsari. 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Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Contents Preface.......................................................................................................................xi Editors ....................................................................................................................xiii Contributors .............................................................................................................xv Part I Organic and Flexible Electronics Chapter 1 Device Modelling for SPICE Simulations in Organic Technologies ...3 Anis Daami Chapter 2 Nanoscale Phase Separation and Device Engineering in Polymer Solar Cells ........................................................................23 Swaminathan Venkatesan and Qiquan Qiao Chapter 3 Mechanically Flexible Interconnects and TSVs: Applications in CMOS/MEMS Integration .............................................................45 Hyung Suk Yang, Paragkumar Thadesar, Chaoqi Zhang and Muhannad Bakir Chapter 4 Wafer-Scale Rapid Electronic Systems Prototyping Platform: User Support Tools and Thermo-Mechanical Validation ..................69 Mikaël Guillemot, Hai Nguyen, Mohammed Bougataya, Yves Blaquière, Ahmed Lakhssassi, Mary Shields and Yvon Savaria Part II Imaging and Display technologies Chapter 5 MIRASOL Displays: MEMS-Based Reflective Display Systems .....105 Rashmi Rao, Jennifer Gille and Nassim Khonsari Chapter 6 Thin-Film Transistors Fabricated on Intentionally Agglomerated, Laser-Crystallized Silicon on Insulator ..................129 Themistokles Afentakis vii viii Contents Chapter 7 New Approaches for High-Speed, High-Resolution Imaging ..........149 Gil Bub, Nathan Nebeker and Roger Light Chapter 8 Terahertz Communications for Terabit Wireless Imaging ...............169 Kao-Cheng Huang and Zhaocheng Wang Chapter 9 Increasing Projector Contrast and Brightness through Light Redirection .......................................................................................187 Reynald Hoskinson and Boris Stoeber Part III Sensors and Microdevices Chapter 10 Theoretical Electromagnetic Survey: Application to a CMOS-MEMS Planar Electrodynamic Microphone ....................205 Fares Tounsi Chapter 11 Thin-Film Sensors ............................................................................247 Mutsumi Kimura Chapter 12 Technologies for Electric Current Sensors .......................................265 G. Velasco-Quesada, A. Conesa-Roca and M. Román-Lumbreras Chapter 13 Power Density Limits and Benchmarking of Resonant Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvesters ......................................293 A. Dompierre, S. Vengallatore and L.G. Fréchette Chapter 14 Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Industrial Processes ..........................................................................................335 B. García-Baños, Jose M. Catalá-Civera, Antoni J. Canós and Felipe L. Peñaranda-Foix Chapter 15 Microwave Reflectometry for Sensing Applications in the Agrofood Industry ............................................................................355 Andrea Cataldo, Egidio De Benedetto and Giuseppe Cannazza Contents ix Part IV Point-of-Care and Biosensors Chapter 16 Applications of Sensor Systems in Prognostics and Health Management .....................................................................................377 Shunfeng Cheng and Michael Pecht Chapter 17 Rigid Body Motion Capturing by Means of Wearable Inertial and Magnetic MEMS Sensor Assembly: Towards the Reconstitution of the Posture of Free-Ranging Animals in Bio-Logging ...................393 Hassen Fourati, Noureddine Manamanni, Lissan Afilal and Yves Handrich Chapter 18 Point-of-Care Testing Platform with Nanogap-Embedded Field- Effect Transistors .............................................................................413 Maesoon Im and Yang-Kyu Choi Chapter 19 Bionanotechnological Advances in Neural Recording and Stimulation .......................................................................................437 Alper Bozkurt and George C. McConnell Part V Ultra-Low-Power Biomedical Systems Chapter 20 Advances in Ultra-Low-Power Miniaturized Applications for Health Care and Sports: The Sensium™ Platform...........................463 Miguel Hernandez-Silveira, Su-Shin Ang and Alison Burdett Chapter 21 Ultra-Low-Power Harvesting Body-Centred Electronics for Future Health Monitoring Devices .............................................497 Jordi Colomer-Farrarons, Pere Miribel-Catala, Esteve Juanola-Feliu and Josep Samitier Chapter 22 ADC Basics and Design Techniques for a Low-Power ADC for Biomedical Applications ..................................................................535 Seung-Tak Ryu Chapter 23 Ultra-Low-Power Techniques in Small Autonomous Implants and Sensor Nodes .............................................................................571 Benoit Gosselin, Sébastien Roy and Farhad Sheikh Hosseini Index ......................................................................................................................595