The year 2009 introduced the potential use of micromechanical signal processors to make possible a physical spectrum sensing cognitive radio, which would then drive high-Q<\/em> resonator research of years to come. It was also the advent of micromechanical displacement amplifier circuits, using coupled slotted resonators or unbalanced resonator arrays, which years later played key roles in optomechanical oscillators and all-mechanical resoswitch-based communication receivers. Finally, cryogenic measurements of polysilicon micromechanical resonators done this year revealed Q<\/em>‘s >350,000 at very low temperatures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B. Kim, Y. Lin, W.-L. Huang, M. Akgul, W.-C. Li, Z. Ren, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cMicromechanical resonant displacement gain stages<\/a>,\u201d Tech. Digest<\/em>, 22nd<\/sup> IEEE Int. Conf. on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS\u201909), Sorrento, Italy, Jan. 25-29, 2009, pp. 19-22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Y. Lin, W.-C. Li, B. Kim, Y.-W. Lin, Z. Ren, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cEnhancement of micromechanical resonator manufacturing precision via mechanically-coupled arraying<\/a>,\u201d Proceedings<\/em>, 2009 IEEE Int. Frequency Control Symp., Besancon, France, April 20-24, 2009, pp. 58-63.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
W.-C. Li, Y. Lin, B. Kim, Z. Ren, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cQuality factor enhancement in micromechanical resonators at cryogenic temperatures<\/a>,\u201d the 15th<\/sup> Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, & Microsystems (Transducers\u201909), Denver, Colorado, June 21-25, 2009, pp. 1445-1448.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Y. Lin, W.-C. Li, I. Gurin, S.-S. Li, Y.-W. Lin, Z. Ren, B. Kim, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cDigitally-specified micromechanical displacement amplifiers<\/a>,\u201d the 15th<\/sup> Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, & Microsystems (Transducers\u201909), Denver, Colorado, June 21-25, 2009, pp. 781-784.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
M. Akgul, B. Kim, L.-W. Hung, Y. Lin, W.-C. Li, W.-L. Huang, I. Gurin, A. Borna, and C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cOscillator far-from-carrier phase noise reduction via nano-scale gap tuning of micromechanical resonators<\/a>,\u201d the 15th<\/sup> Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, & Microsystems (Transducers\u201909), Denver, Colorado, June 21-25, 2009, pp. 798-801.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cIntegrated micromechanical RF circuits for software-defined cognitive radio (invited plenary)<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0Proceedings<\/em>, the 26th<\/sup>\u00a0Symposium on Sensors, Micromachines & Applied Systems, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 15-16, 2009, pp. 1-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
C. T.-C. Nguyen, \u201cRadios with micromachined resonators<\/a>,\u201d IEEE Spectrum<\/em>, Nov. 30, 2009, https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/telecom\/wireless\/radios-with-micromachined-resonators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"