Microsystems using three-dimensional integration and TSV technologies: Fundamentals and applications

Z Wang - Microelectronic Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
As a powerful enabling technology, three-dimensional (3D) integration, which uses wafer
bonding to integrate multiple wafers in the vertical direction and uses through‑silicon-vias …

Ring PMUT array based miniaturized photoacoustic endoscopy device

A Dangi, S Agrawal, S Tiwari, S Jadhav… - … and Sensing 2019, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The first successful validation of a forward-looking Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound
Transducer (PMUT) ring array designed for photoacoustic endoscopic imaging applications …

Backward-mode photoacoustic imaging using illumination through a CMUT with improved transparency

X Zhang, X Wu, OJ Adelegan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we describe a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) with
improved transparency for photoacoustic imaging (PAI) with backside illumination. The …

Fabrication of 2D capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) arrays on insulating substrates with through-wafer interconnects using sacrificial release …

OJ Adelegan, ZA Coutant, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A critical component in a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging system is a two-
dimensional (2D) transducer array. A 2D transducer array is also essential for the …

Research on a 3D encapsulation technique for capacitive MEMS sensors based on through silicon via

M Zhang, J Yang, Y He, F Yang, F Yang, G Han, C Si… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
A novel three-dimensional (3D) hermetic packaging technique suitable for capacitive
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors is studied. The composite substrate with …

Fabrication and packaging of CMUT using low temperature co-fired ceramic

F Yildiz, T Matsunaga, Y Haga - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents fabrication and packaging of a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic
transducer (CMUT) using anodically bondable low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) …

Analysis of spring softening effect on the collapse voltage of capacitive MEMS ultrasonic transducers

R Maity, NP Maity, K Guha, S Baishya - Microsystem Technologies, 2021 - Springer
This paper explained the dependency of collapse voltage on semiconductor device
structural features (membrane diameter, membrane thickness and the vertical distance …

Micro-electro-mechanical-system based capacitive ultrasonic transducer as an efficient immersion sensor

R Maity, K Gogoi, NP Maity - Microsystem Technologies, 2019 - Springer
In this paper we have analyzed the influence of the membrane inherent residual stress
along with its Young's modulus for evaluating the characteristics of a capacitive …

An FPGA-based backend system for intravascular photoacoustic and ultrasound imaging

X Wu, JL Sanders, X Zhang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and intravascular photoacoustic (IVPA)
imaging produces an imaging modality with high sensitivity and specificity which is …

High fill factor piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers on transparent substrates

GL Luo, S Fung, Q Wang, Y Kusano… - … Conference on Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a high fill-factor array of aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric
micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) fabricated on a transparent substrate …