2016 Publications

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The year 2016 featured important advancements in all-mechanical resoswitch receiver technology, introducing soft impacting to enable AM reception while suppressing squegging and for the first time employing a resoswitch to realize an RF-powered micromechanical clock generator, winning a best paper award in the process. The journal paper on CVD diamond spoke-supported micromechanical ring resonators

W.-C. Li, Z. Ren, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “A micromechanical high-Q elliptic disk displacement amplifier,” Tech. Digest, 2016 IEEE Int. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, Shanghai, China, Jan. 24-28, 2016, pp. 663-666.

R. Liu, J. N. Nilchi, W.-C. Li, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “Soft-impacting micromechanical resoswitch zero-quiescent power AM receiver,” Tech. Digest, 2016 IEEE Int. Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference, Shanghai, China, Jan. 24-28, 2016, pp. 51-54.

T. L. Naing, T. O. Rocheleau, Z. Ren, S.-S. Li, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “High-Q spoke-supported ring resonators,” IEEE/ASME J. Microelectromech. Syst., vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 11-29, Feb. 2016. (19 pages)

R. Liu, J. N. Nilchi, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, “RF-powered micromechanical clock generator,” Proceedings, IEEE Int. Frequency Control Symp., New Orleans, Louisiana, May 9-12, 2016, pp. 73-78. (best paper award winner)