A 100 V-IC for the remote powering and control of a microrobot using an electrostatic ciliary motion system

TRANSDUCERS 2003 - 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Digest of Technical Papers

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1711-1713

  Basset, P ^a   Kaiser, A ^a   Stefanelli, B ^a   Walenne, M ^a   Collard, D ^b   Buchaillot, L ^a  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Circuits; Collision mitigation; Control systems; Electrostatic actuators; Frequency; Motion control; Receiving antennas; Testing; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTENNAS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; ELECTROSTATICS; MICROSYSTEMS; MOTION CONTROL; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REMOTE CONTROL; SOLID-STATE SENSORS; TESTING; TRANSDUCERS;

ACTUATION VOLTAGES; CAPACITIVE LOADS; COLLISION MITIGATION; FREQUENCY; HIGH-VOLTAGE IC; INDUCTIVE COUPLINGS; RECEIVER ANTENNAS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 70349291148     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1217114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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