From Silicon toward Silicon Carbide Smart Integrated Sensors

Compact Thermal Diffusivity Sensors for On-Chip Thermal Management

Today’s systems-on-chip (SOCs) and microprocessors are complex systems that require multiple temperature sensors to monitor temperature variations in multiple spots on a single silicon die. For such thermal management applications, specialized compact and fast temperature sensors are required. This is necessary because executing an intensive...

A 0.25 mm²-Resistor-Based Temperature Sensor With an Inaccuracy of 0.12 °C (3σ) From -55 °C to 125 °C

This paper describes a compact, energy efficient, resistor-based temperature sensor that can operate over a wide temperature range (-55 °C-125 °C). The sensor is based on a Wheatstone bridge (WhB) made from silicided poly-silicon and non-silicided poly-silicon resistors. To achieve both area and energy efficiencies, the current output of the WhB...

Smart sensors in asphalt: monitoring key process parameters during and post construction

The Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBG) technology based on integrated photonics, offers specific benefits including thermal mapping, damage detection, shape- and distributed sensing. This makes it useful for determining pavement behaviour during extreme weather conditions e.g. freeze-thaw cycles when harsh winter conditions could damage the asphalt...

Strategic proposition for service design development

This master thesis concludes with a strategic roadmap to enable PRIVA to start developing services within the building automation sector taking into consideration tree main kinds of stakeholders; Facility managers, the workforce and customers within High Performance Buildings. To achieve this strategic roadmap, context-mapping research took...

Integrated smart sensor calibration