Delta-sigma control of dielectric charge for contactless capacitive MEMS

S Gorreta, J Pons-Nin, E Blokhina… - Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a new closed-loop control method of dielectric charge for
contactless capacitive microelectromechanical systems. The method uses a feedback loop …

Circuit modeling of a MEMS varactor including dielectric charging dynamics

P Giounanlis, D Andrade-Miceli… - Journal of Physics …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrical models for MEMS varactors including the effect of dielectric charging dynamics are
not available in commercial circuit simulators. In this paper a circuit model using lumped …

Sigma-Delta inspired control technique for the improvement of MEMS reliability

P Giounanlis, E Blokhina, O Feely… - … on Circuits and …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dielectric charging of insulating films in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) has a
crucial effect on the operation of those devices. In our previous work we have shown the …

Circuit considerations and design for MEMS capacitance measurements

D Andrade-Miceli, P Giounalis… - … 12th Conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern CMOS integrated technologies integrate a variety of complex multi-physics
components which contribute a growing number of challenges in the circuit design. This …

Conductive reliability modelling of capacitive MEMS

P Giounanlis, P McGlynn, E Blokhina… - … 11th Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conductive reliability modelling of Capacitive MEMS appears to be a problem of extent
complexity due to the presence of the various components of which the system consists. In …