Thermoresistive effect for advanced thermal sensors: Fundamentals, design considerations, and applications

T Dinh, HP Phan, A Qamar, P Woodfield… - Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microelectromechanical systems sensors have been intensively developed utilizing various
physical concepts, such as piezoresistive, piezoelectric, and thermoresistive effects. Among …

Bipolar corona discharge based air flow generation with low net charge

TX Dinh, T Terebessy, TT Bui - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report on a miniaturized device that can generate ion wind flow with very
low net charge. Both positive and negative ions are simultaneously generated from two …

Bipolar corona assisted jet flow for fluidic application

TX Dinh, TT Bui, T Terebessy - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present a study on a jet flow, assisted by low net charge ion wind from
bipolar corona discharge setup. The ion wind is simultaneously generated from both positive …

A MEMS-based silicon micropump with intersecting channels and integrated hotwires

TX Dinh, S Sugiyama - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the development of a gas-jet micropump with different cross-junctions
and integrated hotwire. The device is actuated by a piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate …

Ion wind generator utilizing bipolar discharge in parallel pin geometry

TX Dinh, T Terebessy, TT Bui - IEEE Transactions on Plasma …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a simple and efficient airflow generator utilizing the effect of ion wind by
generating simultaneously both the positive and negative ions from two sharp electrodes …

Design study of multidirectional jet flow for a triple-axis fluidic gyroscope

PT Hoa, TX Dinh - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report the design study of a fluidic device that produces four microjet flows
comprising two perpendicular pairs of flow and the application of these jets for an angular …

A study of angular rate sensing by corona discharge ion wind

TX Dinh, CD Tran, TT Bui, HT Phan - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
We report an application of ion wind in angular rate sensing. A new design of a jet flow
gyroscope using ion wind corona discharge is developed by conducting a numerical …

Fluidic mechanism for dual-axis gyroscope

TX Dinh, CD Tran, PN Bui, HT Phan - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report a further study of flow-network generating four jet flows which
circulate in a sealed device to experimentally investigate the feasibility and efficiency of a …

Fluidic device with pumping and sensing functions for precise flow control

TX Dinh, S Sugiyama, PH Pham - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2010 - Elsevier
We have developed and characterized a planar fluidic device consisting of a piezoelectric
(PZT) acutated valveless micropump and a p-type silicon hotwire as a flow sensor. The …

Fabrication and basic characterization of a piezoelectric valveless micro jet pump

K Tanaka, R Sakamoto, TX Dinh, DV Dao… - Japanese journal of …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
A piezoelectric-driven valveless micro jet pump with a novel channel structure has been
designed and fabricated. The simple structure micro jet pump consists of a lead zirconate …