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 …

The objective of this chapter is to introduce the technology of Microelectromechanical
Systems, MEMS, and their application to emerging energy harvesting devices. The chapter …

This paper reports and discusses the design and ground tests of a CubeSat payload which
allows to measure, in-situ and in real time, the degradation of a polymer of electronic interest …

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 …

This paper extends our previous work on the selective excitation of mechanical vibration
modes in MEMS devices using pulsed digital oscillators (PDOs). It begins by presenting …

This paper presents preliminary results obtained with devices fabricated with the new
PiezoMUMPS process. Since these devices will be used as resonators in applications …

This paper proposes a new adaptive estimation approach to online estimate the model
parameters of a piezoelectric cantilever beam. The beam behavior is firstly modeled using …

The first adaptive feedback circuit capable of detecting resonant frequencies for a wide
range of MEMS resonators is presented. The feedback system presented implements a hill …

In order to realize the precise control for the drive frequency of the micro electromechanical
system (MEMS) gyroscope, a frequency control scheme based on phase locked loop (PLL) …

In this work we investigate bifurcation structures in the chaotic domain of a piecewise linear
bimodal map. The map represents a model of a circuit proposed to generate chaotic signals …