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Thermal Actuation Based 3-DoF Non-Resonant Microgyroscope Using MetalMUMPs [PDF]
Sensors, 2009 High force, large displacement and low voltage consumption are a primary concern for microgyroscopes. The chevron-shaped thermal actuators are unique in terms of high force generation combined with the large displacements at a low operating voltage in ...
Muhammad Masood ul Hassan +4 more
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Fabrication of zipping electrostatic actuators incorporating inkjet-printed layers
, 2021 Zipping electrostatic actuators operate by bending flexible electrodes using electrostatic forces. This principle allows the use of a wide range of dielectric and conductive materials. Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques can be used to fabricate these
Shea, Herbert +2 more
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DC-dynamic biasing for \u3e 50x switching time improvement in severely underdamped fringing-field electrostatic MEMS actuators [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents the design and experimental validation of dc-dynamic biasing for \u3e50x switching time improvement in severely underdamped fringing-field electrostatic MEMS actuators.
Small, J. +4 more
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Mathematical modelling and experimental validation of electrostatic sensors for rotational speed measurement [PDF]
, 2014 Recent research has demonstrated that electrostatic sensors can be applied to the measurement of rotational speed with excellent repeatability and accuracy under a range of conditions. However, the sensing mechanism and fundamental characteristics of the
Yan, Yong, Wang, Lijuan
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Pulsed Digital Oscillators for Electrostatic MEMS [PDF]
, 2012 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 sampled. Short pulses of zero
Pons Nin, Joan +15 more
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Low‐Voltage Soft Actuators for Interactive Human–Machine Interfaces
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 Soft electrical actuators driven by low voltages are promising for interactive human–machine interfaces (iHMI) applications including executing orders to complete various tasks and communicating with humans.
Shaohua Chen +3 more
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Materials & Design, 2023 Photo-induced actuators enable potential applications involving soft robots, biomedical engineering, and microelectromechanical system due to the contactless energy supply and high spatial and temporal controllability of light.
Zhen Lv +3 more
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Slider Sheet Detection in Charge-Induction Electrostatic Film Actuators
Sensors, 2023 This work analyzes a built-in slider detection method for a charge-induction type electrostatic film actuator with a high surface-resistance slider. In the detection method, one stator electrode is detached from the parallel driving electrodes and is ...
Motoki Kojima +2 more
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Review of Electrothermal Micromirrors
Micromachines, 2022 Electrothermal micromirrors have become an important type of micromirrors due to their large angular scanning range and large linear motion. Typically, electrothermal micromirrors do not have a torsional bar, so they can easily generate linear motion. In
Yue Tang +4 more
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Inchworm Motors and Beyond: A Review on Cooperative Electrostatic Actuator Systems
Actuators, 2023 Having benefited from technological developments, such as surface micromachining, high-aspect-ratio silicon micromachining and ongoing miniaturization in complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology, some electrostatic actuators became ...
Almothana Albukhari, Ulrich Mescheder
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