2015 Publications

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  • The First Optomechanical Super-Regenerative Optical Receiver [2015]
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  • The First All-Mechanical Resoswitch Receiver [2015]
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  • 7th Order Bridged Micromechanical Filter [2015]
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The year 2015 continued with mechanical signal processor novelties that included extending super-regenerative concepts to optical signal reception with the first optomechanical super-regenerative receiver; demonstrating the highest order micromechanical filter (at 7th order); and demonstrating the first practical all-mechanical communication receiver capable of detecting, amplifying, and demodulating FSK signals with only picoWatts of power, while consuming no power when listening for valid inputs. The last of these remains a topic of intense research and will likely become the next high-impact new commercialized product (to follow MEMS-based timing) to come out of the Nguyen Research Group.

T. L. Naing, T. O. Rocheleau, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Simultaneous multi-frequency switchable oscillator and FSK modulator based on a capacitive-gap MEMS disk array,” Tech. Digest, 2015 IEEE Int. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, Estoril, Portugal, Jan. 18-22, 2015, pp. 1024-1027.

T. Beyazoglu, T. O. Rocheleau, A. J. Grine, K. E. Grutter, M. C. Wu, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “A super-regenerative optical receiver based on an optomechanical oscillator,” Tech. Digest, 2015 IEEE Int. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, Estoril, Portugal, Jan. 18-22, 2015, pp. 976-979.

J. N. Nilchi, R. Liu, S. Li, M. Akgul, T. O. Rocheleau, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Third-order intermodulation distortion in capacitive-gap transduced micromechanical filters,” Proceedings, IEEE Int. Frequency Control Symp., Denver, Colorado, April 12-16, 2015, pp. 5-10, DOI: 10.1109/FCS.2015.7138782.

R. A. Schneider, T. L. Naing, T. O. Rocheleau, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Gap reduction based frequency tuning for AlN capacitive-piezoelectric resonators,” Proceedings, IEEE Int. Frequency Control Symp., Denver, Colorado, April 12-16, 2015, pp. 700-705, DOI: 10.1109/FCS.2015.7138938.

L.-W. Hung and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Capacitive-piezoelectric transducers for high-Q micromechanical AlN resonators,” IEEE/ASME J. Microelectromech. Syst., vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 458-473, April 2015. (16 pages).

J. N. Nilchi, R. Liu, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “7th order sharp-roll-off bridged micromechanical filter,” Proceedings of the 18th Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, & Microsystems (Transducers’15), Anchorage, Alaska, June 21-25, 2015, pp. 137-140.

R. Liu, J. N. Nilchi, Y. Lin, T. L. Naing, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Zero quiescent power VLF mechanical communication receiver,” Proceedings of the 18th Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, & Microsystems (Transducers’15), Anchorage, Alaska, June 21-25, 2015, pp. 129-132.