Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino
Politecnico di Torino
Anno Accademico 2009/10
Micro systems basics
Corso di L. Specialistica in Nanotecnologie Per Le Ict (To/Grenoble/Losanna) - Torino/Grenoble/Losanna
Docente Qualifica Settore Lez Es Lab Tut Anni incarico
Cocuzza Matteo ORARIO RICEVIMENTO     2 0 0 0 5
SSD CFU Attivita' formative Ambiti disciplinari
FIS/03 2 A - Di base Fisica e chimica
Obiettivi dell'insegnamento
To provide some examples of microsystems, microsensors and microactuators for the measurement of different physics phenomena
Pressure sensors: principles, piezoresistive, capacitive and resonant structures, center-boss applications, high temperature applications and solutions (SOI, SiC), medical pressure sensors
Accelerometers: principles, piezoelectric, piezoresistive, capacitive, resonating, tunneling and closed loop structures, commercial devices
Acoustic sensors: principles, APM, SAW, Love-wave, FPW, TSM structures, applications for the measurement of temperature, force, acceleration, torque, humidity, dew point, flow, electronic nose, measurement methods, wireless configurations, examples of fluidic actuators
Flow sensors: prnciples, hot wire, anemometric a nd time of flight configurations, commercial and prototype examples, lift-force and ISFET configurations
Microfluidics: the problem of scaling, advantages and drawbacks, materials, microchannels, micromixers, microneedles, microfilters, microvalves (active, passive and fixed), micropumps (with and without moving parts)
Chemical sensors: gas sensors (semiconductive metal oxides and FET structures), microhotplate structures, problem of sensitivity, selectivity and drift, H2 sensing, ISFET
Biochemical sensors: materials and transduction principles (potentiometric, amperometric, thermal, optical and gravimetric), biorecognition processes, immobilization processes, ISFET, ENFET, IMFET, the problem of packaging
Microsystems for biomedical applications: principles, diagnostic systems, drug delivery, tissue engineering, minimally invasive therapy and surgery devices
Microdevices for genetic diagnostics: the DNA, PCR, fluorescence techniques, restriction digestion, electrophoretic separation, hybridization, the problem of scaling, microdevices for PCR, separation and hybridization, integrated microchips for DNA analysis
MEMS for power generation: fuel cells, different types, applications of PEMFC and micro-DMFC, examples of micro-DMFC
Optical microdevices: the DLP technology, the DMD structure and applications
Exercises and laboratories
Sze, S.M.
Semiconductor sensors / ed. S.M. Sze. ' New York : Wiley, copyr. 1994
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