Search Results - "Tocchio, A."

Torsional MEMS magnetometer operated off-resonance for in-plane magnetic field detection by Laghi, G., Dellea, S., Longoni, A., Minotti, P., Tocchio, A., Zerbini, S., Langfelder, G.

“…•Description and operation of a novel torsional MEMS magnetometer for in-plane field detection.•The magnetometer is fabricated in the same process used for…”
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Sidewall Adhesion Evolution in Epitaxial Polysilicon as a Function of Impact Kinetic Energy and Stopper Area by Dellea, S., Ardito, R., De Masi, B., Tocchio, A., Rizzini, F., Langfelder, G.

“…This paper investigates the evolution of adhesion forces during dynamic contacts, which simulate realistic shocks. The developed method accounts for the…”
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Readout of MEMS capacitive sensors beyond the condition of pull-in instability by Langfelder, G., Frizzi, T., Longoni, A., Tocchio, A., Manelli, D., Lasalandra, E.

“…The ongoing transition between micro and nano electromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS) based on capacitive sensing requires a solution to the problem of…”
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DALICA: Agent-Based Ambient Intelligence for Cultural-Heritage Scenarios by Costantini, S., Mostarda, L., Tocchio, A., Tsintza, P.

“…Villa Adriana is an enormous archaeological area where ancient artifacts and modern technology have found an unexpected equilibrium. The old artifacts are huge…”
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Creep-resistant dextran-based polyurethane foam as a candidate scaffold for bone tissue engineering: Synthesis, chemico-physical characterization, and in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility by Gerges, I., Tamplenizza, M., Lopa, S., Recordati, C., Martello, F., Tocchio, A., Ricotti, L., Arrigoni, C., Milani, P., Moretti, M., Lenardi, C.

“…A highly crosslinked composite dextran-based scaffold (named DexFoam) was tailored to overcome specific deficiencies of polymeric and ceramic bone scaffolds…”
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Towards Efficiency and Count-Rate Enhancement of X-ray ARDESIA Spectrometer by Utica, G., Gugiatti, M., Carminati, M., Fabbrica, E., Hafizh, I., Balerna, A., Borghi, G., Ficorella, F., Picciotto, A., Zorzi, N., Capsoni, A., Coelli, S., Tocchio, A., Welter, E., Fiorini, C.

“…The development of new generations of synchrotron light sources aims at increasing their beam in term of flux and brightness. To cope with extremely…”
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Assessing micromechanical sensor characteristics via optical and electrical metrology by Langfelder, G, Tocchio, A, Thompson, M J, Jaramillo, G, Horsley, D A

“…This paper presents a custom instrument for the static and dynamic electrical characterization of capacitive MEMS sensors. Such a tool is useful for the…”
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Z-Axis Magnetometers for MEMS Inertial Measurement Units Using an Industrial Process by Langfelder, G., Buffa, C., Frangi, A., Tocchio, A., Lasalandra, E., Longoni, A.

“…The combination of multiaxis and multiparameter microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in the same technology would result in very cheap and smart inertial…”
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Tunable anisotropic networks for 3-D oriented neural tissue models by Canadas, Raphaël F., Ren, Tanchen, Tocchio, Alessandro, Marques, Alexandra P., Oliveira, Joaquim M., Reis, Rui L., Demirci, Utkan

“…Organized networks are common in nature showing specific tissue micro-architecture, where cells can be found isotropically or anisotropically distributed in…”
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Mechanical and Electronic Amplitude-Limiting Techniques in a MEMS Resonant Accelerometer by Tocchio, A., Caspani, A., Langfelder, G.

“…Two methods for limiting the oscillation amplitude in micromechanical resonators, typically used in many kinds of MEMS sensors, are discussed and compared…”
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Differential Fringe-Field MEMS Accelerometer by Langfelder, G., Tocchio, A.

“…A new differential microelectromechanical systems accelerometer based on fringe-field sensing is presented. The basic working principle relies on the…”
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A Versatile Instrument for the Characterization of Capacitive Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems by Buffa, C., Tocchio, A., Langfelder, G.

“…This paper presents a laboratory prototype of an instrument developed for electromechanical characterization of capacitive micro- and nanoelectromechanical…”
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A new biaxial silicon resonant micro accelerometer by Comi, C, Corigliano, A, Langfelder, G, Longoni, A, Tocchio, A, Simoni, B

“…A new biaxial silicon resonant accelerometer characterized by a high sensitivity and a low cross-axis sensitivity is presented in this paper. The device allows…”
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MEMS Motion Sensors Based on the Variations of the Fringe Capacitances by Langfelder, G, Longoni, A F, Tocchio, A, Lasalandra, E

“…In this paper, a MEMS motion sensor is described which uses fringe field capacitances as sensing elements. Each capacitance basic cell is formed using thin…”
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On the nonlinear behaviour of MEMS resonators by Comi, C, Corigliano, A, Langfelder, G, Longoni, A, Tocchio, A

“…This work is focussed on the nonlinear dynamic response of electrostatically actuated micro-resonators. A single span beam axially constrained at both end,…”
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Enhancing the Linear Range of MEMS Resonators for Sensing Applications by Tocchio, A., Comi, C., Langfelder, G., Corigliano, A., Longoni, A.

“…In this paper, mechanical and electrical nonlinearities of MEMS resonators are discussed and their influence on the resonant sensing performance is analyzed…”
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Resolution and start-up dynamics of MEMS resonant accelerometers by Tocchio, A., Caspani, A., Langfelder, G., Longoni, A., Lasalandra, E.

“…In this paper it is presented a study on two key parameters of MEMS resonant accelerometers, resolution and start-up dynamics. A uniaxial differential…”
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Operation of Lorentz-force MEMS magnetometers with on-off current switching by Langfelder, G., Buffa, C., Minotti, P., Longoni, A., Tocchio, A., Zerbini, S.

“…Combined off-resonance operation and on-off switching of the driving current is applied to a micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) magnetometer. This novel…”
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DANTE Digital Pulse Processor for XRF and XAS experiments by Iguaz, F. J, Bombelli, L, Meo, S, Orsini, F, Schöeder, S, Tocchio, A, Trcera, N, Vantelon, D

“…2023 JINST 18 T06011 DANTE is a new Digital Pulse Processor (DPP) developed for fluorescence detectors, like silicon drift detectors (SDDs) or High Purity…”
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A multichannel integrated readout circuit for high throughput X-ray spectroscopy with Silicon Drift Detectors by Bombelli, L., Quaglia, R., Fiorini, C., Tocchio, A., Alberti, R., Frizzi, T.

“…In this paper we describe a front-end ASIC for the readout of multi-elements SDDs specifically designed for high count-rate X-ray applications. In particular,…”
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