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2004 IEEE Sensors

Volume 3

Vienna, Austria24-27 October 2004

IEEE Catalog Number: 04CH37603I S B N . 0-7803-8692-2

Physical Sensors and FundamentalsT4P-P.1 INTEGRATED RF MICRO-COILS ON POROUS SILICON 1064

C. Populaire, INSA de Lyon; B. Remaki, INSA de Lyon; M. Armenean, Lab. de ResonnanceMagnetique Nucleaire, UCBL-CNRS; E. Perrin, Lab. de Resonnance Magnetique Nucleaire, UCBL-CNRS; O. Beuf, Lab. de Resonnance Magnetique Nucleaire, UCBL-CNRS; H. Saint-Jalmes, Lab. deResonnance Magnetique Nucleaire, UCBL-CNRS; D. Barbier, INSA de Lyon

T4P-P.2 TUNING OF A SINGLE-MTJ TWO-AXIS MAGNETOMETER:APPLICATION OF THE STONER-WOHLFARTH MODEL 1067J.-B. Kammerer, LEPS1; L. Hebrard, LEPSI; M. Hehn, LPM; F. Braun, LEPSI;P. Alnot, LPMI; A. Schuhl, LPM

T4P-P.3 A HALL EFFECT SENSORS NETWORK INSENSITIVE TO MECHANICAL STRESS 1071J.-B. Kammerer, LEPSI; L. Hebrard, LEPSI; F. Braun, LEPSI

T4P-P.4 SENSORS AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE MAGNETIC FIELDMEASUREMENT UNDER HIGH NEUTRON FLUENCES 1075E. Hristoforou, Natl. Technical Univ. of Athens; I. Bolshakova, Lviv Polytechnic Natl. Univ.;R. Holyaka, Lviv Polytechnic Natl. Univ.; I. Duran, EURATOM/IPP.CR; J. Stockel,EURATOM/IPP.CR; L. Viererbl, EURATOM/IPP.CR; G. Vayakis,ITERIT, Naka Joint Worksite

T4P-P.5 MAGNETIC SENSOR CONSTRUCTED OF A THICK BPSCCO FILM: RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN MAGNETIC SENSITIVITY AND THE QUENCHING PROCESS 1078K. Yamagata, Kinki Univ.; Y. Maeji, Kinki Univ.; H. Kezuka, Tokyo Univ. of Tech.; M. Itoh, Kinki Univ.

T4P-P.6 HYSTERESIS MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION OF MAGNETO-OPTICALSENSORS BASED ON ORTHOFERRITES 1082Martin Evanzin, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; Hans Hauser, Vienna Univ. of Tech.;Yuri S. Didosyan, Vienna Univ. of Tech.

T4P-P.7 THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF MAGNETOSTRICTIVE BILAYERSSENSITIVE TO BENDING OR TEMPERATURE CHANGES 1086J. Kosel, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; L. Mehnen, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; E. Kaniusas, Vienna Univ. ofTech.; H. Pfutzner, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; T. Meydan, Cardiff Univ.; M. Vazquez, Inst. de Ciencia deMateriales de Madrid; M. Rohn, Profactor; A.M. Merlo, Centro Ricerche Fiat; B. Marquardt, ELCAT

T4P-P.8 EVALUATION OF ZERO-SPEED SENSOR USING NIFE/COFEMULTILAYER THIN FILMS AND TWISTED FECOV WIRES 1090Y. Takemura, Yokohama Natl. Univ.; M. Nishimoto, Yokohama Natl. Univ.;T. Aoki, Yokohama Natl. Univ.; T. Yamada, Yokohama Natl. Univ.

T4P-P.9 HYBRID TWO ANTENNA MICROWAVE SENSOR FOR NONDESTRUCTIVEMATERIAL CHARACTERISATION 1094Thomas Nicolay, Saarland Univ.; Alfons Blum, Saarland Univ.

T4P-P.10 PRINTED THERMOCOUPLE DEVICES 1098Sam Duby, Brunei Univ.; Blue Ramsey, Brunei Univ.; David Harrison, Brunei Univ.;Gareth Hay, Brunei Univ.

T4P-P. 11 PROPERTIES AND APPLICATIONS OF SN-DOPED SINGLE CRYSTALTHIN FILM MAGENETO-RESISTANCE ELEMENTS 1102K. Nishimura, Asahikasei Corp.; H. Goto, Asahikasei Corp.; S. Yamada, Asahikasei Corp.;H. Geka, Asahikasei Corp.; A. Okamoto, Asahikasei Corp.; I. Shibasaki, Asahikasei Corp.

T4P-P. 12 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS USING MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTIN FERRITE-PIEZOELECTRIC MULTILAYERS 1106Y. Fetisov, Moscow State Inst. of Radio Eng., Elec. & Auto.; A. Bush,1 Moscow State Inst. of RadioEng., Elec. & Auto.; K. Kamentsev, Moscow State Inst. of Radio Eng., Elec. & Auto.;A. Ostashchenko, Moscow State Inst. of Radio Eng., Elec. & Auto.; G. Srinivasan, Oakland Univ.

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T4P-P.13 POWERFUL TOOLS FOR THERMAL CHARACTERISATION OF MEMS 1109P. Fiirjes, Research Inst. for Tech. Physics & Materials Science, MFA; Gy. Bognar, Budapest Univ. ofTech. & Economics; I. Barsony, Research Inst. for Tech. Physics & Materials Science, MFA

T4P-P. 14 CMOS COMPATIBLE 3-D SELF ASSEMBLED MICROSTRUCTURESUSING THIN FILM SOI TECHNOLOGY 1113F. Iker, Univ. catholique de Louvain; M. Si Moussa, Univ. catholique de Louvain;N. Andre, Univ. catholique de Louvain; T. Pardoen, Univ. catholique de Louvain;J.-P. Raskin, Univ. catholique de Louvain

T4P-P. 15 LIMITS OF OFFSET CANCELLATION BY THE PRINCIPLE OFSPINNING CURRENT HALL PROBE 1117Udo Ausserlechner, Infineon Technologies AG

T4P-P. 16 THE PIEZO-RESISTIVE EFFECT IN SILICON FOR ARBITRARYCRYSTAL ORIENTATION 1121Udo Ausserlechner, Infineon Technologies AG

T4P-P. 19 RELIABILITY STUDY OF ALTI / TIW, POLYSILICON AND OHMIC CONTACTSFOR PIEZORESISTIVE PRESSURE SENSORS APPLICATIONS 1125A. Andrei, INSA Lyon; C. Malhaire, INSA Lyon; S. Brida, Auxitrol, Esterline Sensors Group;D. Barbier, INSA Lyon

T4P-P.20 CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTI- AND SINGLE-LAYER STRUCTURE SAW SENSOR 1129S. Ahmadi, The George Washington Univ.; F. Hassani, The George Washington Univ.;C. Korman, The George Washington Univ.; M. Rahaman, The George Washington Univ.;M. Zaghloul, The George Washington Univ.

T4P-P.21 MICRO-FLUXGATE SENSOR INCORPORATING SOLENOIDCOIL AND BCB DIELECTRIC 1133Hae-Seok Park, Samsung Advanced Inst. of Tech.; Dong-Sik Shim, Samsung Advanced Inst. of Tech.;Jun-Sik Hwang, Samsung Advanced Inst. of Tech.; Sang-On Choi,Samsung Advanced Inst. of Tech.

T4P-P.22 MONOLITHIC 360 DEGREES ROTARY POSITION SENSOR IC 1137Vincent Hiligsmann, Melexis N. V.; Peter Riendeau, Melexis Inc.

T4P-P.23 A PRECISE 1/F NOISE SPECTROSCOPY SETUP FOR SENSOR CHARACTERIZATION 1143Franz Kohl, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Roman Beigelbeck, Austrian Academy of Sciences;Franz Keplinger, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; Artur Jachimowicz, Vienna Univ. of Tech.;Johannes Steurer, Vienna Univ. of Tech.

T4P-P.24 SCANNING NANO-CALOR1METER 1147T. Weifl, Univ. of Freiburg; I. Moser, Univ. of Freiburg; G. Igel, Univ. of Freiburg;G.A. Urban, Univ. of Freiburg

T4P-P.26 THE PIEZO-HALL EFFECT IN N-SILICON FOR ARBITRARY CRYSTAL ORIENTATION 1149Udo Ausserlechner, Infineon Technologies AG

SPECIAL SESSION - Sensors for Extreme EnvironmentsW1 LA. 1 SENSORS APPLICATIONS IN 21ST CENTURY FOSSIL-FUEL

BASED POWER GENERATION 1153B.T. Chorpening, Natl. Energy Tech. Lab.; D. Tucker, Natl. Energy Tech. Lab.;S.M. Maley, Natl. Energy Tech. Lab.

W1 L-A.3 THE CHARACTERISTICS AND UTILITY OF SIC-FE GAS SENSORS FORCONTROL OF COMBUSTION IN DOMESTIC HEATING SYSTEMS 1157M. Andersson, Linkoping Univ.; H. Petersson, Linkoping Univ.; N. Padban, TPS Termiska ProcesserAB; J. Larfeldt, TPS Termiska Processer AB; M. Holmberg, Linkoping Univ.;A. Lloyd Spetz, Linkoping Univ.

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W1 L-A.4 SINGLE CRYSTAL SIC MEMS FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY USINGSMART-CUT PROCESS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENT APPLICATION 1161Peng Cong, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Wen H. Ko, Case Western Reserve Univ.;Damn J. Young, Case Western Reserve Univ.

W1L-A.5 INTEGRATED CERAMIC TEMPERATURE SENSORS FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS 1165Otto J. Gregory, Univ. of Rhode Island; Tao You, Univ. of Rhode Island

W1L-A.6 HIGH TEMPERATURE OPTICAL FIBER OXYGEN PROBE 1169Ruby N. Ghosh, Michigan State Univ.; D.I. Osborn, Michgan State Univ.;Gregory L. Baker, Michigan State Univ.

Gas Sensor SystemsW1L-B. 1 ULTRA-FAST/LOW VOLUME ODOUR DELIVERY PACKAGE FOR

CHEMICAL MICROSYSTEMS 1171S.L. Tan, Univ. of Warwick; J.A. Covington, Univ. of Warwick; J.W. Gardner, Univ. of Warwick;P.J. Hesketh, Georgia Inst. of Tech.

W1 L-B.2 THREE-DIMENSIONAL GAS-PLUME TRACKING USING GASSENSORS AND ULTRASONIC ANEMOMETER 1175Hiroshi Ishida, Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Tech.; Keita Yoshikawa, Tokyo Inst. of Tech.;Toyosaka Moriizumi, Tokyo Inst. of Tech.

W1L-B.3 GAMMA RADIATION NOSE SYSTEM BASED ON IN2O3/SIOTHICK FILM PN-JUNCTIONS 1179K. Arshak, Univ. of Limerick; O. Korostynska, Univ. of Limerick; L. Szumilas, Univ. of Limerick;J. Harris, Univ. of Limerick; S. Clifford, Univ. of Limerick

W1 L-B.4 DISCRIMINATION OF ALIPHATIC HOMOLOGUES AND ISOMERS USINGTRAP AND GC ENHANCED SAW BASED ELECTRONIC NOSES 1183Nicole Barie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe; Michael Rapp, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

W1 L-B.5 DEVELOPMENT OF VOC ANALYZER USING A WO3 THICK FILMBASED GAS SENSOR 1187Keisen Kanda, New Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.; Takashi Kuse, New Cosmos Electric Co., Ltd.

Biosensors IVW1L-C. 1 A MICROCHIP-BASED DNA PURIFICATION AND REAL-TIME PCR

BIOSENSOR FOR BACTERIAL DETECTION 1191Nathaniel C. Cady, Cornell Univ.; Scott Stelick, Illuminaria, LLC; Madanagopal V. Kunnavakkam,Cornell Univ.; Yuxin Liu, Cornell Univ.; Carl A. Batt, Cornell Univ.

W1 L-C.2 REGISTRATION OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINSWITH TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION ELLIPSOMETRY 1195A.V. Nabok, SheffieldHallam Univ.; A. Tsargorodskaya, SheffieldHallam Univ.; A. Holloway,Sheffield Hallam Univ.; N.F. Starodub, Paladin Inst. of Biochemistry; A. Demchenko, Paladin Inst. ofBiochemistry; 0. Gojster, Paladin Inst. of Biochemistry

W1L-C.3 SYNTHESIS OF BIO-DOPED OXIDES FOR UREA SENSING 1199Prashant K. Jha, SUNYat Stony Brook; Pelagia I. Gouma, SUNYat Stony Brook

W1L-C.5 A DISPOSABLE BOD MICROSENSOR USING A POLYMER SUBSTRATE 1202Mehta Anjum, Univ. of Central Florida; Halakatti Shekhar, Univ. of Central Florida; Seung H. Hyun,Univ. of Central Florida; Seungkwan Hong, Korea Univ.; Hyoung J. Cho, Univ. of Central Florida

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W1L-C.6 SELF-ALIGNMENT OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM FORDROPLET-BASED BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS 1206Chih-Sheng Yu, Precision Instrument Dev. Center; Ming-Yu Lin, Precision Instrument Dev. Center;Yi-Chiuen Hu, Precision Instrument Dev. Center; Tong-Long Fu, Precision Instrument Dev. Center;Hsiao-Yu Chou, Precision Instrument Dev. Center

SPECIAL SESSION - Fiber Optic SensorsW1L-D. 1 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE AND

STRAIN SENSORS BASED ON BRILLOUIN SCATTERING 1210Xiaoyi Bao, Univ. of Ottawa; Lufan Zou, Univ. of Ottawa; Qinrong Yu, Univ. of Ottawa;Liang Chen, Univ. of Ottawa

W1L-D.3 HUMIDITY EVANESCENT HOLLOW CORE FIBER SENSOR 1214Inaki Hidalgo, Univ. Publica de Navarra; Rebeca Goya, Univ. Publica de Navarra;Ignacio R. Matias, Univ. Publica de Navarra; Francisco J. Arregui, Univ. Publica de Navarra;Richard O. Claus, Nanosonic Inc.

W1 L-D.4 ADVANCED FIBER OPTICAL REFRACTOMETERS BASED ON PARTIALLYETCHED FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS 1218A. Iadicicco, Univ. ofSannio; A. Cutolo, Univ. ofSannio; S. Campopiano, Univ. ofSannio;M. Giordano, Inst. of Composite Materials Tech.; A. Cusano, Univ. ofSannio

W1L-D.5 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER BASED ANTIBODY DETECTION 1222A. Duval, Research Center COM; M. Lhoutellier, Research Center COM;J.B. Jensen, Research Center COM; P.E. Hoiby, Bioneer A/S; V. Missier, Research Center COM;L.H. Pedersen, Bioneer A/S; T.P. Hansen, Research Center COM;A. Bjarklev, Research Center COM; O. Bang, Research Center COM

SPECIAL SESSION - Scanning Probe Tip Integrated SensorsW1L-E. 1 AMPEROMETRIC BIOSENSORS AND POTENTIOMETRIC PH-MICROSENSORS

INTEGRATED INTO AFM TIPS 1226C. Kranz, Georgia Inst. of Tech.; A. Kueng, Georgia Inst. of Tech.; B. Mizaikoff, Georgia Inst. of Tech.

W1L-E.3 SINGLE-CHIP AFM ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED DIGITAL CONTROLLERS 1228T. Volden, ETH Zurich; D. Barrettino, Univ. of Washington; S. Hafizovic, ETH Zurich;K.-U. Kirstein, ETH Zurich; A. Hierlemann, ETH Zurich; H. Baltes, ETH Zurich

W1 L-E.4 A NOVEL OBSERVER BASED SENSING SCHEME FOR THE DISPLACEMENT OFELECTROSTATICALLY ACTUATED MICROCANTILEVERS 1232Mariateresa Napoli, Univ. of California; Craig Olroyd, Univ. of California;Kimberly Turner, Univ. of California; Bassam Bamieh, Univ. of California

W1 L-E.5 MODEL ORDER REDUCTION FOR SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPE:THE TREATMENT OF NONZERO INITIAL CONDITIONS 1236Lihong Feng, Fudan Univ.; Darius Koziol, Univ. of Freiburg; Evgenii B. Rudny, Univ. of Freiburg;Jan G. Korvink, Univ. of Freiburg

W1L-E.6 SINGLE MOLECULE RECOGNITION OF SGLT1 IN LIVE G6D3CELLS USING FORCE SPECTROSCOPY 1240Theeraporn Puntheeranurak, Johannes Kepler Univ. ofLinz; Kirsten Michel, Max Planck Inst. forMolecular Physiology; Daniel Scharlau, Max Planck Inst. for Molecular Physiology; Rolf K.H. Kinne, Max Planck Inst. for Molecular Physiology; Peter Hinterdorfer, Johannes Kepler Univ. ofLinz

ModelingW1L-F.1 3D REFLECTION MAP MODELING FOR OPTICAL EMITTER-RECEIVER PAIRS 1241

Henrik Vie Christensen, Aalborg Univ.

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W1L-F.2 DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A SNAP-ACTION MICROMECHANISM 1245Jasmina Casals-Terre, Technical Univ. of Catalonia; Andrei Shkel, Univ. of California, Irvine

W1L-F.3 COMPARATIVE MODELLING FOR VIBRATION SCAVENGERS 1249T. Sterken, MCP, IMEC; K. Baert, MCP, IMEC; C. Vanhoof, MCP, IMEC; R. Puers, K.U. Leuven;G. Borghs, MCP, IMEC; P. Fiorini, MCP, IMEC

W1 L-F.4 PHENOMENA BASED DYNAMIC MODEL OF CARBONBLACK-POLYMER COMPOSITE SENSORS 1253James W.T. Yates, Univ. of Warwick; Michael J. Chappell, Univ. of Warwick;Julian W. Gardner, Univ. of Warwick

W1L-F.5 MODELING OF THE PERFORMANCE OF SCINTILLATOR BASED X-RAY DETECTORS 1257J.G. Rocha, Univ. ofMinho; J.H. Correia, Univ. ofMinho; S. Lanceros-Mendez, Univ. ofMinho

W1L-F.6 CMOS APS CROSSTALK: MODELING, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN TRENDS 1261Igor Shcherback, Ben Gurion Univ.; Alex Belenky, Ben Gurion Univ.;Orly Yadid-Pecht, Ben Gurion Univ.

Optical SensorsW1P-P.1 OPTICAL FIBER GAS SENSOR BASED ON THERMAL LENS SPECTROSCOPY

INSTRUMENT COMPOSED OF SPHERICAL LENSED FIBERS 1265A. Yarai, Osaka Sangyo Univ.; T. Nakanishi, Osaka Sangyo Univ.

W1P-P.2 A NOVEL HIGH TEMPERATURE OPTICAL PROBE 1269T.F. Morse, Boston Univ.; Fei Luo, Boston Univ.

W1P-P.3 SIMULTANEOUSLY HIGH-SENSITIVITY PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURESENSOR USING A SUPERSTRUCTURE FIBER GRATING 1273Chia-Min Lin, Feng-Chia Univ.; Wen-Fung Liu, Feng-Chia Univ.; Ming-Yue Fu, Natl. Defense Univ.;Hao-Jan Sheng, Feng-Chia Univ.; Sheau-Shong Bor, Feng-Chia Univ.;Tzu-Chiang Chen, Natl. Defense Univ.

W1P-P.4 A NOVEL BREATHING CONDITION SENSOR USING PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER 1277Masayuki Morisawa, Univ. ofYamanashi; Shinzo Muto, Univ. of Yamanashi

W1P-P.5 A CMOS OPTICAL SENSOR WITH ON FOCAL PLANEPROGRAMMABLE SPATIO-TEMPORAL FILTERS 1281N. Massari, ITC-Irst; M. Gottardi, ITC-Irst; A. Simoni, ITC-Irst

W1P-P.6 MNO/TEO2 THIN FILMS AS OPTICAL GAMMA RADIATION SENSORS 1285Khalil I. Arshak, Univ. of Limerick; Jonathan Molloy, Univ. of Limerick; Olga Korostynska,Univ. of Limerick; John Harris, Univ. of Limerick

W1P-P.7 ANGSTROM SENSITIVITY POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXED HETERODYNEACOUSTO-OPTIC INTERFEROMETRIC SENSOR 1289Nabeel A. Riza, Univ. of Central Florida; Muzammil A. Arain, Univ. of Central Florida

W1 P-P.8 NEW OPTICAL SENSOR FOR VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) USINGBIREFRINGENT POROUS GLASS 1293E. Pinet, FISO Tech. Inc.; M. Vachon-Savary, FISO Tech. Inc.; S. Dube, FISO Tech. Inc.

W1P-P.9 DATA ACQUISITION SENSITIVITY DETERMINATION OF ASENSOR-ON-A-CHIP INTEGRATED MICROSYSTEM 1297Daeik D. Kim, Duke Univ.; Martin A. Brooke, Duke Univ.; Nan M. Jokerst, Duke Univ.;Jeffrey J. Lillie, Georgia Inst. of Tech.; Mikkel A. Thomas, Georgia Inst. of Tech.;Stephen E. Ralph, Georgia Inst. of Tech.

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W1P-P.10 WAVELENGTH-SWITCHABLE FIBER LASER FOR THERMALLY STABILIZEDFIBER BRAGG GRATING VIBRATION SENSOR ARRAY 1301Satoshi Tanaka, Natl. Defense Academy; Hiroki Yokosuka, Natl. Defense Academy; Takanari Ogawa,Natl. Defense Academy; Nobuaki Takahashi, Natl. Defense Academy

W1P-P.11 OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF 1 BY 16 HIGHLY SENSITIVE INP/INGAASHETEROJUNCTION PHOTOTRANSISTOR ARRAYS 1305Young-Chang Jo, Korea Electronics Tech. Inst.; Hong-Joo Song, Korea Electronics Tech. Inst.;Seuk-Jin Joe, Korea Advanced Inst. of Science & Tech.; Hoon Kim, Korea Electronics Tech. Inst.;Pyong Choi, Kyungpook Natl. Univ.

W1 PP. 12 FIBER-OPTIC AC CURRENT SENSOR USING METAL COATED INTRINSICFFPI AND SILICON MICROMACHINING TECHNOLOGY 1308Jin-Hyang Lee, Kyungpook Natl. Univ.; Hyurk-Choon Kwon, Kyungpook Natl. Univ.; Do-Eok Kim,Kyungpook Natl. Univ.; Eung-Soo Kim, Pusan Univ. of Foreign Studies; Dae-Hyuk Kwon,Kyungil Univ.; Shin-Won Kang, Kyungpook Natl. Univ.

W1P-P.13 A COMPACT SPECTROMETER BASED ON A MICROMACHINEDTORSIONAL MIRROR DEVICE 1312A. Kenda, Corinthian Tech Research AG; W. Scherf, Corinthian Tech Research AG;R. Hauser, Corinthian Tech Research AG; H. Griiger, Fraunhofer Inst. of Photonic Microsystems;H. Schenk, Fraunhofer Inst. of Photonic Microsystems

W1 PP . 14 MESOSTRUCTURED AND MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDE FILMS FOR OPTICALWAVEGUIDE-BASED GAS SENSOR APPLICATION 1316Zhi-mei Qi, Natl. Inst of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.; Hao-shen Zhou, Natl. Inst of Advanced Ind.Science & Tech.; Itaru Honma, Natl. Inst of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.

W1 P P . 16 HOLOGRAPHIC SENSORS IN CONTACT LENSES FORMINIMALLY-INVASIVE GLUCOSE MEASUREMENTS 1320Angelika Domschke, Ciba Vision; Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Univ. of Cambridge; Rita Anand, CubaVision; Molly Caines, Ciba Vision; David Fetter, Ciba Vision; Pat Griffith, Ciba Vision;Karen James, Ciba Vision; Njeri Karangu, Ciba Vision; Dawn Smith, Ciba Vision;Marian Vargas, Ciba Vision; Jimmy Zeng, Ciba Vision; Abid Hussain, Univ. of Cambridge;Xiaoping Yang, Univ. of Cambridge; Jeff Blyth, Univ. of Cambridge; Achim Mueller, Ciba Vision;Peter Herbrechtsmeier, Ciba Vision; Christopher R. Lowe, Univ. of Cambridge

W1 PP . 17 OPTICAL SIMULATION OF MOEMS BASED TUNEABLEFABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER 1324R. Rubio, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (IMB-CSIC); N. Sabate, Univ. de Barcelona;C. Calaza, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (IMB-CSIC); J. Santander, Centro Nacional deMicroelectronica (IMB-CSIC); L. Fonseca, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (IMB-CSIC);I. Gracia, Centro Nacional de Microelectronica (IMB-CSIC); C. Cane, Centro Nacional deMicroelectronica (IMB-CSIC); M. Moreno, Univ. de Barcelona; S. Marco, Univ. de Barcelona

W1P-P.18 NOVEL AQUEOUS CO2- AND GASEOUS NH3-SENSORS BASED ONMODULAR MICROOPTICAL COMPONENTS (MORES®) 1328Ronny Gerbach, CiS Inst. fur Mikrosensorik; Dieter Romhild, CiS Inst. fur Mikrosensorik;Arndt Steinke, CiS Inst. fur Mikrosensorik; Nicole Kirchner, Friedrich-Schiller Univ. Jena;Gerhard J. Mohr, Friedrich-Schiller Univ. Jena; Monika Szili, Friedrich-Schiller Univ. Jena;Dieter FaBler, GMBU e. V; Norbert Winkler, GMBU e. V.

W1 PP . 19 LEAKY WAVEGUIDE SENSOR FOR BULK REFRACTIVE INDEXMEASUREMENTS IN DIFFERENT MEDIA 1330Des Brennan, Natl. Microelectronics Research Center; Paul Lambkin, Natl. MicroelectronicsResearch Center; Paul Galvin, Natl. Microelectronics Research Center; Daniel Hoffman, Natl.Microelectronics Research Center; Michael Loughran, Natl. Microelectronics Research Center;Gabriel M. Crean, Natl. Microelectronics Research Center

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W1 P-P.20 SUB-MICROMETER PERIOD REFRACTIVE INDEX GRATING COUPLER FORSINGLE MODE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SENSORS 1333A. Hamori, Research Inst. for Technical Physics & Materials Science - MFA; N. Nagy, Research Inst.for Technical Physics & Materials Science - MFA

W1P-P.21 DETECTION OF SUB-TERAHERTZ AND TERAHERTZ RADIATION BY PLASMAWAVES IN SILICON FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS 1337F. Teppe, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.; Y. Meziani, Univ. Montpellier 2; N. Dyakonova, Univ.Montpellier 2; J. Lusakowski, Univ. Montpellier 2; W. Knap, Univ. Montpellier 2; F. Boeuf, STMicroelectronics; T. Skotnicki, ST Microelectronics; D. Maude, Grenoble High Magnetic Field Lab.;S. Rumyantsev, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.; M.S. Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.

W1 P-P.22 A NOVEL BIOCHIP DETECTION SYSTEM BASED ON LATERALSPR WAVE PROPAGATION THEORY 1341Chii-Wann Lin, Natl. Taiwan Univ.; Zhi-Hsiang Song, Natl. Taiwan Univ.;Chi-Kuang Lee, Natl. Taiwan Univ.

W1P-P.23 ULTRAVIOLET-SENSITIVE ALGAN-BASED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES 1345D. Ciplys, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.; M.S. Shur, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.; N. Pala, RensselaerPolytechnic Inst.; A. Sereika, Vilnius Univ.; R. Rimeika, Vilnius Univ.; R. Gaska, Sensor ElectronicTech., Inc.; Q. Fareed, Sensor Electronic Tech., Inc.

W1P-P.24 THE CO-MEASUREMENT OF CURVATURE AND TEMPERATURE USINGA SINGLE LPG IN A STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBRE 1349B.A.L. Gwandu, Aston Univ.; W. Zhang, Aston Univ.; H. Ghafouri-Shiraz, Univ. of Birmingham

Biomedical Applications IW2L-A.1 MEASUREMENTS OF HEART MOTION USING ACCELEROMETERS 1353

Lars Hoff, Vestfold Univ. College; Ole Jakob Elle, Rikshospitalet Univ. Hospital; Morten Grimnes,Vestfold Univ. College; Steinar Halvorsen, Rikshospitalet Univ. Hospital; Hans Jargen Alker,Vestfold Univ. College; Erik Fosse, Rikshospitalet Univ. Hospital

W2L-A.2 FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROSCALE SENSORSFOR BONE SURFACE STRAIN MEASUREMENT 1355Gloria Y. Yang, Univ. of California, Irvine; Vasudev J. Bailey, Univ. of California, Irvine; Yu-Hsin Wen, Univ. of California, Irvine; Gisela Lin, Univ. of California, Irvine; William C. Tang, Univ.of California, Irvine; Joyce H. Keyak, Univ. of California, Irvine

W2L-A.3 NOVEL LONG-TERM IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM 1359Peng Cong, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Darrin J. Young, Case Western Reserve Univ.;Wen H. Ko, Case Western Reserve Univ.

W2L-A.4 HIGH RESOLUTION TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT 1363Angel Cuadras, Polytechnic Univ. ofCatalunya; Oscar Casas, Polytechnic Univ. ofCatalunya

W2L-A.5 INTEGRATED ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE, PH AND BOLUS TRANSIT SENSOR 1369J.L. Gonzalez, Univ. of Calgary; O. Yadid-Pecht, Univ. of Calgary; D. Sadowski, Univ. of Alberta;K.V.I.S. Kaler, Univ. of Calgary; M.P. Mintchev, Univ. of Calgary

W2L-A.6 AN ACCELEROMETER BASED SENSOR PLATFORM FOR INSITUELITE ATHLETE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS 1373Daniel A. James, Griffith Univ.; Neil Davey, Griffith Univ.; Tony Rice, Australian Inst. of Sport

Chemical Sensors - Algorithms and SystemsW2L-B. 1 COMPUTER SCREEN PHOTO-ASSISTED SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING OF

LUMINESCENT POLYTHIOPHENE PH REPORTER 1377D. Filippini, Linkoping Univ.; P. Asberg, Linkoping Univ.; P. Nilsson, Linkoping Univ.;O. Inganas, Linkoping Univ.; I. Lundstrom, Linkoping Univ.

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W2L-B.2 CANCELLATION OF CHEMICAL BACKGROUNDS WITH GENERALIZEDFISHER'S LINEAR DISCRIMINANTS 1381R. Gutierrez-Osuna, Texas A&M Univ.; B. Raman, Texas A&M Univ.

W2L-B.3 SMELL SELECTIVE GAS SENSOR WITH MODULATION HEATING 1385Akira Fujimoto, Wakayama Natl. College of Tech.; Shuichi Okita, Wakayama Natl. College of Tech.

W2L-B.4 A NEW METHOD FOR FAST IDENTIFICATION OF GASES ANDGAS MIXTURES AFTER SENSOR POWER UP 1388Marc Baumbach, Saarland Univ.; Thomas Kammerer, Saarland Univ.;Armin Sossong, Saarland Univ.; Andreas Schutze, Saarland Univ.

W2L-B.5 OPTIMIZED MULTI-FREQUENCY TEMPERATURE MODULATION OFMICRO-HOTPLATE GAS SENSORS 1392A. Vergara, Univ. Rovira i Virgili; E. Llobet, Univ. Rovira i Virgili; J. Brezmes, Univ. Rovira i Virgili;X. Vilanova, Univ. Rovira i Virgili; M. Stankova, Univ. Rovira i Virgili; I. Gracia, Centre Nacional deMicroelectronica; C. Cane, Centre Nacional de Microelectronica; X. Correig, Univ. Rovira i Virgili

W2L-B.6 ENHANCEMENT OF GAS SELECTIVITY BY ADDITIVES ANDPATTERN RECOGNITION IN SNO2 SENSORS 1396Hae-Won Cheong, Agency for Defense Dev.; Heesook Park Kim, Agency for Defense Dev.;Jong-Myong Kim, Agency for Defense Dev.

Inertial and Position Sensor SystemsW2L-C.1 MICROFABRICATED INDUCTIVE LINEAR MICRO POSITIONING SENSOR 1399

Dragan Dinulovic, Hanover Univ.; Hans H. Gatzen, Hanover Univ.

W2L-C.2 A NOVEL ARCHITECTURE FOR DIGITAL CONTROL OF MEMS GYROS 1403H. Rodjegard, Imego; D. Sandstrom, Imego; P. Pelin, Imego; M. Carlsson, Catena WirelessElectronics; M. Bohman, Catena Wireless Electronics; N. Hedenstierna, SensoNor AS;G.I. Andersson, Imego

W2L-C.3 INTEGRATED POSITION SENSOR FOR CONTROL OF XY ACTUATOR 1407Peter G. Hartwell, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Robert G. Walmsley, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Donald J. Fasen,Hewlett-Packard Co.; Storrs Hoen, Agilent Technologies

W2L-C.4 ANALYSIS OF PIEZO-RESISTIVE READ-OUT SIGNALS FOR ASILICON TUNING FORK GYROSCOPES 1411S. Gunthner, Continental TEMIC; K. Kapser, Continental TEMIC; M. Rose, Continental TEM1C;B. Hartmann, Continental TEMIC; M. Kluge, EADSDeutschland GmbH; U. Schmid, Saarland Univ.;H. Seidel, Saarland Univ.

W2L-C.5 A DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITIVE MINI-DISPLACEMENT SENSOR 1415Zutao Liu, Southeast Univ.; Qing-Ari Huang, Southeast Univ.; Weihua Li, Southeast Univ.

Fiber-Optic Sensors IIW2L-D.1 FIBER OPTIC SENSOR FOR HIGH PRECISION ANGULAR DISPLACEMENTS 1419

A. Khiat, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne; F. Lamarque, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne;E. Dupont, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne

W2L-D.2 COMPACT SAPPHIRE FIBER SENSOR OF TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE ANDRELEVANT CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE 1423Hanchang Zhou, North Univ. of China; Wei Sun, PLA Army Unit No. 92941;Gao Wang, North Univ. of China

W2L-D.3 A FIBRE BRAGG GRATING BASED SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS ACCURRENT AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT 1426Deborah Reilly, Halcrow Ltd.; Andrew J. Willshire, Univ. of Strathclyde; Grzegorz Fusiek, Univ. ofStrathclyde; Pawel Niewczas, Univ. of Strathclyde; James R. McDonald, Univ. of Strathclyde

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W2L-D.6 TAILORING THE TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVITY OF FIBRE BRAGG GRATINGS 1430B.A.L. Gwandu, Aston Univ.; W. Zhang, Aston Univ.

Magnetic SensorsW2L-E. 1 CMOS QUAD SPINNING-CURRENT HALL-SENSOR SYSTEM FOR

COMPASS APPLICATION 1434J.C. van der Meer, Xensor Integration; F.R. Riedijk, Xensor Integration; P.C. de Jong, XensorIntegration; E.A. van Kampen, Xensor Integration; M.J. Meekel, Delft Univ. of Tech.;J.H. Huijsing, Delft Univ. of Tech.

W2L-E.2 A PROGRAMMABLE HALL SENSOR FOR CAMSHAFT APPLICATIONS 1438Mario Motz, Infineon tech. AG; Dieter Draxelmayr, Infineon Tech. AG;Tobias Werth, Infineon Tech. AG; Ernst Katzmaier, Infineon Tech. AG

W2L-E.3 PRECISE RELEASE AND INSULATION TECHNOLOGY FOR VERTICAL HALLSENSORS AND TRENCH-DEFINED MEMS 1442R. Sunier, ETH Zurich; P. Monajemi, Georgia Inst. of Tech.; F. Ayazi, Georgia Inst. of Tech.;T. Vancura, ETH Zurich; H. Baltes, ETH Zurich; O. Brand, Georgia Inst. of Tech.

W2L-E.4 ELECTRONIC COMPASS SENSOR 1446Robert Racz, Sentron AG; Christian Schott, Sentron AG; Samuel Huber, Sentron AG

W2L-E.5 SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF TWO MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTSUSING A U-SHAPED CANTILEVER DEVICE 1450Franz J. Keplinger, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; Roman Beigelbeck, Austrian Academy of Sciences;Franz Kohl, Austrian Academy of Sciences

W2L-E.6 MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR WITH LOW TEMPERATURE DRIFT USINGFERRO/ANTI-FERROMAGNETIC BILAYER 1454G. Malinowski, Univ. Henri Poincare; M. Hehn, Univ. Henri Poincare; M. Sajieddine, Univ. HenriPoincare; F. Montaigne, Univ. Henri Poincare; E. Jouguelet, Univ. Henri Poincare; F. Canet,Univ. Henri Poincare; M. Alnot, Univ. Henri Poincare; D. Lacour, Univ. Henri Poincare; A. Schuhl,Univ. Henri Poincare

Algorithms and Statistical MethodsW2L-F. 1 SENSOR CALIBRATION USING NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICAL

CHARACTERIZATION OF ERROR MODELS 1456J. Feng, Univ. of California, Los Angeles; G. Qu, Univ. of Maryland;M. Potkonjak, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

W2L-F.2 TIME-OF-FLIGHT ESTIMATION USING EXTENDED MATCHED FILTERING 1460F. van der Heijden, Univ. ofTwente; S. van Koningsveld, Xsens Technologies;P.P.L. Regtien, Univ. ofTwente

W2L-F.3 NOISE AND FREQUENCY ANALYSES OF A MINIATURIZED 3-DOFACCELEROMETER UTILIZING SILICON NANOWIRE PIEZORESISTORS 1464Dzung Viet Dao, Ritsumeikan Univ.; Toshiyuki Toriyama, Ritsumeikan Univ.;Susumu Sugiyama, Ritsumeikan Univ.

W2L-F.4 WAVELET DENOISING TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION CTD DATA.CHARACTERIZATION OF TURBULENT OCEANIC FLOW 1468J. Piera, Technical Univ. of Catalonia; R. Quesada, Technical Univ. of Catalonia; A. Manuel-Lazaro,Technical Univ. of Catalonia; J. Del Rio, Technical Univ. of Catalonia; S. Shariat Panani,Technical Univ. of Catalonia; G. Olivar, Technical Univ. of Catalonia

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W2L-F.5 ERROR MODELS FOR LIGHT SENSORS BY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OFRAW SENSOR MEASUREMENTS 1472F. Koushanfar, Univ. of California, Berkeley; M. Potkonjak, Univ. of California, Los Angeles;A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Univ. of California, Berkeley

Biomedical Applications IIW3L-A. 1 PRESSURE MICROSENSING CATHETERS FOR NEONATAL CARE 1476

Frank E. Sauser, Univ. of Cincinnati; Chunyan Li, Univ. of Cincinnati; Richard G. Azizkhan,Children's Hospital Medical Center; Chong H. Ahn, Univ. of Cincinnati;Ian Papautsky, Univ. of Cincinnati

W3L-A.2 TIME OF FLIGHT TECHNIQUE USED FOR MEASURING POSITION ANDORIENTATION OF LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY TOOLS 1480F. Tatar, Delft Univ. of Tech.; J.R. Mollinger, Delft Univ. of Tech.;J. Bastemeijer, Delft Univ. of Tech.; A. Bossche, Delft Univ. of Tech.

W3L-A.4 MAGNETOELASTIC SKIN CURVATURE SENSOR FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1484E. Kaniusas, Univ. of Tech., Vienna; H. Pfutzner, Univ. of Tech., Vienna; L. Mehnen, Univ. of Tech.,Vienna; J. Kosel, Univ. of Tech., Vienna; G. Varoneckas, Inst. Psychophysiology & Rehabilitation;A. Alonderis, Inst. Psychophysiology & Rehabilitation; T. Meydan, Cardiff Univ.;M. Vazquez, Inst. de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid; M. Rohn, Profactor;A.M. Merlo, Centro Ricerche Fiat - Vehicles; B. Marquardt, ELCAT

W3L-A.5 FAST DEW-POINT HYGROMETER FOR LARYNGOLGY APPLICATIONS 1488R. Jachowicz, Warsaw Univ. of Tech.; J. Weremczuk, Warsaw Univ. of Tech.;D. Paczesny, Warsaw Univ. of Tech.; P. Rapiejko, Military Medical Inst.

W3L-A.6 APPLICATION OF ROTATING EUS MICRO-PROBES FOR DEEP PENETRATIONOF UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT 1492Anna Cysewska-Sobusiak, Poznan Univ. of Tech.; Aleksander Sowier, Poznan Univ. of MedicalSciences; Pawel Skrzywanek, Poznan Univ. of Medical Sciences

Acoustic Chemical SensingW3L-B. 1 ORGANICALLY MODIFIED SILICATES: PROMISING SENSING MATERIALS

WITH HIGH POROSITY FOR SAW SENSORS 1496K.-H. Lubert, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe; M. Rapp, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

W3L-B.2 DISCRIMINATIVE SENSING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC SOLVENTS. COMPARATIVEANALYSIS USING DIFFERENT QCM TECHNIQUES 1500A.F. Holloway, Sheffield Hallam Univ.; A. Nabok, Sheffield Hallam Univ.; M. Thompson,Sheffield Hallam Univ.; J. Siddiqi, Sheffield Hallam Univ.; A.K. Ray, Sheffield Hallam Univ.;V. Bliznyuk, Western Michigan Univ.

W3L-B.3 NOVEL GAS SENSORS BASED ON THIN FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS 1504W. Reichl, E+E Elektronik GesmbH; J. Runck, E+E Elektronik GesmbH; M. Schreiter, Siemens AG;E. Green, Bath Univ.; R. Gabl, Siemens AG

W3L-B.4 DETECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS IN THE PRESENCE OFINTERFERENTS 1506Gregory P. Harmer, Sensor Research & Dev. Corp.; Chuncai Yang, Sensor Research & Dev. Corp.;Brent T. Marquis, Sensor Research & Dev. Corp.

W3L-B.5 THE STUDY OF INOX/ZNO/XZ LINBO3 LAYERED SAW DEVICESFOR OZONE SENSING 1510A.C. Fechete, RMT Univ.; S.J. Ippolito, RMIT Univ.; K. Kalantar-Zadeh, RMIT Univ.; W. Wlodarski,RMIT Univ.; A.S. Holland, RMT Univ.; K. Galatsis, Univ. of California, Los Angeles; G. Kiriakidis,Foundation for Research & Tech.-Hellas; N. Katsarakis, Inst. of Electronic Structure & Laser;M. Katharakis, Inst. of Electronic Structure & Laser

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W3L-B.6 HYDROGEN DETECTION IN SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE GASSENSOR BASED ON INTERACTION SPEED 1514Wieslaw Jakubik, Silesia Univ. of Tech.; Marian Urbariczyk, Silesia Univ. of Tech.

Pressure and Tactile Sensor SystemsW3L-C.1 SOFT AREAL TACTILE SENSORS WITH EMBEDDED SEMICONDUCTOR

PRESSURE SENSORS IN A STRUCTURED ELASTIC BODY 1518Toshiharu Mukai, RIKEN

W3L-C.2 REMOTE RF POWERING SYSTEM FOR MEMS STRAIN SENSORS 1522Nattapon Chaimanonart, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Wen H. Ko, Case Western Reserve Univ.;Darrin J. Young, Case Western Reserve Univ.

W3L-C.3 AIRCRAFT ANGLE OF ATTACK AND AIR SPEED DETECTION BYREDUNDANT STRIP PRESSURE SENSORS 1526Sergio Callegari, Univ. of Bologna; Alessandro Talamelli, Univ. of Bologna; Michele Zagnoni, Univ.of Bologna; Alessandro Golfarelli, Univ. of Bologna; Veronica Rossi, Univ. of Bologna;Marco Tartagni, Univ. of Bologna; Enrico Sangiorgi, Univ. of Bologna

W3L-C.4 A MULTI-LINK ROBOTIC FINGER-TYPE SOFT TOUCH-SENSOR SYSTEM 1530Kenshi Watanabe, Tokyo Univ. of Science; Sumiaki Ichikawa, Tokyo Univ. of Science;Fumio Hara, Tokyo Univ. of Science

W3L-C.5 HIGH-SPEED MATRIX PRESSURE SENSOR FOR HUMANOID ROBOT BYUSING THIN FORCE SENSING RESISTANCE RUBBER SHEET 1534S. Kagami, Natl. Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.; Y. Takahashi, Natl. Inst. of Advanced Ind.Science & Tech.; K. Nishiwaki, Natl. Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.; M. Mochimaru, Natl.Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.; H. Mizoguchi, Natl. Inst. of Advanced Ind. Science & Tech.

Optical Mechanical SensorsW3L-D.1 PIN-BRIDGE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SENSOR 1538

A. Nemecek, Vienna Univ. of Tech.; K. Oberhauser, Vienna Univ. of Tech.;H. Zimmermann, Vienna Univ. of Tech.

W3L-D.2 LONG RANGE AND NANOMETRIC RESOLUTION SENSOR FORNON-CONTACT POSITION MEASUREMENT 1542F. Lamarque, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne; C. Prelle, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne;Ph. Revel, Univ. de Tech. de Compiegne

W3L-D.3 SURFACE QUAD BEAM POLYMER OPTICAL ACCELEROMETER 1546A. Llobera, Inst. fur Mikrotechnik; V. Seidemann, SCHOTT Electronics Int. Holding GmbH;J.A. Plaza, Centre Nacional de Microelectronica; S. Buttgenbach, Inst. fur Mikrotechnik

W3L-D.4 NON-CONTACT 2D SPECKLE VIBROMETER 1550L. Scalise, Univ. Politecnica delle Marche; A. Di Donato, Univ. Politecnica delle Marche

W3L-D.5 DESIGN AND TEST OF DEEP-UV POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS 1554G. Mazzeo, Univ. of Roma "Roma Tre"; S. Salvatori, Univ. of Roma "Roma Tre";V. Ralchenko, Russian Academy of Science; G. Conte, Univ. of Roma "Roma Tre"

Magnetically Based SensorsW3L-E. 1 COMPACT MODELING OF A MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION USING VHDL-AMS:

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF A TWO-AXIS MAGNETOMETER 1558J.-B. Kammerer, LEPSI; L. Hebrard, LEPSI; M. Hehn, LPM; F. Braun, LEPSI;P. Alnot, LPM; A. Schuhl, LPM

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W3L-E.2 MINIMIZING THE EFFECT OF //FNOISE WITH A MEMS FLUX CONCENTRATOR 1562A.S. Edelstein, U.S. Army Research Lab.; Greg Fischer, U.S. Army Research Lab.;Jeff Pulskamp, U.S. Army Research Lab.; Michael Pedersen, MEMS Exchange;William Bernard, MEMS Exchange; Shu F. Cheng, Naval Research Lab.

W3L-E.3 A HYBRID JILES-ATHERTON / STONER-WOHLFARTH MAGNETIC HYSTERESISMODEL FOR INDUCTIVE SENSORS AND ACTUATORS 1566P.D. Dimitropoulos, THE ON Sensors; G.I. Stamoulis, Univ. ofThessaly;E. Hristoforou, Natl. Technical Univ. of Athens

W3L-E.4 NANOCRYSTALLINE FLUXGATE CORES WITH TRANSVERSE ANISOTROPY 1570P. Ripka, Czech Technical Univ.; K. Zaveta, Inst. of Physics Academy Science;K. Jurek, Inst. of Physics Academy Science

W3L-E.5 COUPLED RT-FLUXGATES 1573S. Baglio, Univ. of Catania; A.R. Bulsara, Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center; S. Castorina, Univ.of Catania; V. In, Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center; V. Sacco, Univ. of Catania

Novel Sensing Phenomena and Novel DesignsW3L-F. 1 ON-CHIP MICROFLUIDIC TRANSPORT, MIXING, AND SENSING USING

ELECTROCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES 1577Wataru Satoh, Univ. ofTsukuba; Hiroaki Suzuki, Univ. ofTsukuba

W3L-F.2 FINGER EMITTER/BASE BIPOLAR JUNCTION PHOTOTRANS1STORS FOROPTICAL GAS SENSING IN THE BLUE SPECTRAL REGION 1581A. Tibuzzi, Univ. ofTrento; G.-F. DallaBetta, Univ. ofTrento; F. Ficorella, Univ. ofTrento;G. Soncini, Univ. ofTrento; C. Di Natale, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata;A. D'Amico, Univ. of Rome Tor Vergata; C. Piemonte, ITC-Irst

W3L-F.3 PERFORMANCE STUDIES ON INVERSION CHANNELS OFNMOSFETS UNDER EXTREME MECHANICAL LOAD 1585Gokhan Kizilirmak, RWTHAachen Univ.; Wilfried Mokwa, RWTHAachen Univ.;Uwe Schnakenberg, RWTH Aachen Univ.

W3L-F.4 DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF MINIATURE VIBRATING ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS 1589Chao Gong, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanhong Xia, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kai Deng,Chinese Academy of Sciences; Qiang Bai, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shaofeng Chen, ChineseAcademy of Sciences

W3L-F.5 ON-LINE EXTRACTION FOR THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OFSURFACE-MICROMACHINED POLYSILICON THIN FILMS 1593GaoBin Xu, Southeast Univ.; Qing-An Huang, Southeast Univ.

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