Small insect measurements using a custom MEMS force sensor

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1039-1042

  Bartsch, M S ^a   Federle, W ^b   Full, R J ^c   Kenny, T W ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical models; Biomechanics; Biosensors; Force measurement; Force sensors; Insects; Mechanical sensors; Micromechanical devices; Piezoresistance; Sensor phenomena and characterization

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BIOSENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MICROSYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS;

FORCE SENSOR; INSECTS; MECHANICAL SENSORS; MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE; PIEZORESISTANCE;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 84944725362     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1216946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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