• DocumentCode
    2498783
  • Title

    High-Sensitivity Bi-Directional Flow Sensor Based on Biological Inspiration of Animal Haircell Sensors

  • Author

    Tucker, Craig ; Chen, Nannan ; Engel, Jonathan ; Yang, Yingchen ; Pandya, Saunvit ; Liu, Chang

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    22-25 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1440
  • Lastpage
    1442
  • Abstract
    Artificial haircell (AHC) sensor is presented for highly sensitive flow-field measurements. Design considerations and MEMS process flows are given. Oscillating flow field measurements show sensitivity down to 0.6 mm/s flow rates, steady state flow fields detected down to 0.1 mm/s.
  • Keywords
    flow sensors; microsensors; AHC sensor; MEMS process; animal haircell sensors; biological inspiration; high-sensitivity bi-directional flow sensor; oscillating flow field measurements; Animals; Bidirectional control; Biosensors; Etching; Fabrication; Hair; Piezoresistance; Resistors; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2006. 5th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daegu
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0375-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-0395
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2007.355904
  • Filename
    4178899