TY - BOOK AU - Doll,Joseph C. AU - Pruitt,Beth L. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Piezoresistor Design and Applications T2 - Microsystems and Nanosystems SN - 9781461485179 AV - TK7800-8360 U1 - 621.381 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - Springer New York, Imprint: Springer KW - Engineering KW - Mechanics KW - Mechanics, Applied KW - Electronics KW - Microelectronics KW - Optical materials KW - Electronic materials KW - Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation KW - Optical and Electronic Materials KW - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics N1 - Introduction -- Piezoresistance fundamentals -- Sensitivity, noise and resolution -- Fabrication and process modeling -- Temperature effects -- Design optimization -- Alternative materials and transduction methods N2 - This book is a comprehensive guide to piezoresistive MEMS sensor design. Piezoresistors transduce mechanical loads into electrical signals via a resistance change, and comprise a substantial portion of the commercial MEMS sensors market. Applications of piezoresistors include strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure sensors, force sensors, chemical sensors and resonators. This book also: ·         Demonstrates how the latest piezoresistor models and optimization techniques can be integrated for high performance piezoresistor design ·         Covers in detail piezoresistor sensitivity and noise models, signal conditioning, fabrication processes, low-power design and numerical optimization techniques ·         Provides an up-to-date discussion of alternative piezoresistive materials and MEMS transduction techniques ·         Explores in detail the tradeoffs in size, performance and complexity between piezoresistive sensing and popular alternatives (capacitive, piezoelectric and optical transduction) Piezoresistor Design and Applications addresses all aspects of piezoresistor design, fabrication, modeling and optimization and is an ideal book for MEMS designers, process engineers and researchers UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8517-9 ER -