2 Overview of Acoustic-Wave Microsensors Page 1 2 Overview of Acoustic-Wave Microsensors
Vittorio Ferrari1 and Ralf Lucklum2 1Dipartimento di Elettronica per l’Automazione, Università di …

Electromagnetic–acoustic transduction represents an alternative to piezoelectric
transduction with unique properties and advantages for resonator sensors. We have shown …

Electromagnetic excitation of miniaturized acoustic resonator sensors is a novel approach
with distinct advantages over piezoelectric resonators. A much wider range of transducer …

The paper presents the design principles of a degenerate mode resonant mass sensor in
which the unloaded sensor takes the form of a cyclically symmetric structure. The simplest …

An electromagnetic contactless excitation principle is presented to induce mechanical
vibrations on miniaturized electrically conductive resonant structures to be used as passive …

The quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) has been used extensively as a bulk acoustic wave
(BAW) platform for applications such as chemical and biological sensors and rate monitors …

Liquid level measurement is a key aspect for many applications in the processing industry,
chemistry, and pharmaceutical industry to determine, eg, the exact liquid volume in a …

Mechanical resonance has been contactless excited and detected in conductive
nonmagnetic structures to be used as sensors without the need for external magnets, or …

A contactless electromagnetic principle for the excitation of mechanical vibrations in
resonant structures has been investigated. The principle relies on no specific magnetic …

This paper presents an elastic resonator exhibiting modal degeneracy and quasi-energy
trapping of the displacement field. Electromagnetic acoustic based coupling is employed to …