Main description:

As rapid technological developments occur in electronics, photonics, mechanics, chemistry, and biology, the demand for portable, lightweight integrated microsystems is relentless. These devices are getting exponentially smaller, increasingly used in everything from video games, hearing aids, and pacemakers to more intricate biomedical engineering and military applications.

Edited by Kris Iniewski, a revolutionary in the field of advanced semiconductor materials, Integrated Microsystems: Electronics, Photonics, and Biotechnology focuses on techniques for optimized design and fabrication of these intelligent miniaturized devices and systems. Composed of contributions from experts in academia and industry around the world, this reference covers processes compatible with CMOS integrated circuits, which combine computation, communications, sensing, and actuation capabilities.

Light on math and physics, with a greater emphasis on microsystem design and configuration and electrical engineering, this book is organized in three sections-Microelectronics and Biosystems, Photonics and Imaging, and Biotechnology and MEMs. It addresses key topics, including physical and chemical sensing, imaging, smart actuation, and data fusion and management. Using tables, figures, and equations to help illustrate concepts, contributors examine and explain the potential of emerging applications for areas including biology, nanotechnology, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, and photonics.

Contents:

Part I: Microelectronics and Biosystems

Energizing and Powering Microsystems

Power Management IC Design for Efficient DVFS-Enabled On-Chip Operations

MeSOC-I: A Mixed Signal SOC for Bioinstrumentation in Medical Treatment and Healthcare System

Design of a Low-Power Dual-Mode MUX-Based Transmitter for Biomedical Applications

Design of a Frequency Shift-Based CMOS Magnetic Sensor Array for Point-of-Care (PoC) Biomolecular Diagnosis Applications

System Architecture for Neural-Electrical Interface and Processing

Technological Evolution of Wireless Neurochemical Sensing with Fast-Scan

Cyclic Voltammetry

Giga-Ohm High-Impedance FET Input Amplifiers for Dry Electrode Biosensor Circuits and Systems

Retinal Prostheses: Current Approaches, Challenges, and Outlook

A Biomorphic Active Cochlear Model In Silico

Micropower Adaptive VLSI Systems for Acoustic Source Localization and Separation

Remote Frequency Calibration of Passive Wireless Microsystems

Part II: Photonics and Imaging

Terahertz Imaging and Spectroscopy: State-of-the-Art and Future Trends

Terahertz Technology Based on Nanoelectronic Devices

Design and Assessment Principles of Semiconductor Flat-Panel Detector-Based X-Ray Micro-CT Systems for Small-Animal Imaging

Portable High-Frequency Ultrasound Imaging System Design and Hardware Considerations

Smart Eye Tracking Sensors Based on Pixel-Level Image Processing Circuits

Design and Manufacturing of CNT-Based Nanodevices for Optical Sensing Applications

Acoustically Controlled All-Fiber Lasers

Ultrafast Fiber Lasers

High-Speed Directly Modulated Injection-Locked VCSELs

High-Speed Si/Ge-Based Photodiodes for Optical Interconnect Applications

Patterned Sapphire and Chip Separation Technique in InGaN-Based LEDs

Assembly of Microscopic Three-Dimensional Structures and Their Applications in Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

Part III: Biotechnology and MEMs

Surface Chemistry for Cell Capture in Microfluidic Systems

Two-Dimensional Microfluidic Bioarray for Nucleic Acid Analysis

Microfluidic Systems to Study the Biology of Human Diseases and Identify Potential Therapeutic Targets in Caenorhabditis elegans

III-Nitrides-Based Biosensing

Nanotechnology-Derived Orthopedic Implant Sensors

Engineering Bone Formation with Biologically Inspired Nanomaterials

Resonance for Multitransducer Systems

Piezoelectric Thin Films for MEMS Applications

HfO2 Thin Film for Microelectromechanical Systems Application