Publications

Choi, Y., J-S. Lim, T. Numata, T. Nishida, T. Nishida, and S. Thompson, "Mechanical stress altered electron gate tunneling current and extraction of conduction band deformation potentials for germanium", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 102, pp. 104507-1–104507-5, DEC, 2007.

Li, Y., T. Nishida, D. P. Arnold, and M. Sheplak, "Microfabrication of a wall shear stress sensor using side-implanted piezoresistive tethers", Proceeding of SPIE 14th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper No.6529-13, San Diego, CA, May, 2007.

Martin, D., J. Liu, K. Kadirvel, R. M. Fox, M. Sheplak, and T. Nishida, "A Micromachined Dual-Backplate Capacitive Microphone for Aeroacoustic Measurements", J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 1289-1302, DEC, 2007.

Liu, F., S. Horowitz, T. Nishida, L. Cattafesta, and M. Sheplak, "A multiple degree of freedom electromechanical Helmholtz resonator", J. Acoust. Soc. Am., vol. 122, no. 1, pp. 291-301, JUL, 2007.

Sun, Y., S. Thompson, and T. Nishida, "Physics of Strain Effects in Semiconductors and Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-effect Transistors", Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 101, pp. 104503-107524, JAN, 2007.

Suthram, S., J. Ziegert, T. Nishida, and S. Thompson, "Piezoresistance Coefficients of (100) Silicon nMOSFETs Measured at Low and High ( 1.5GPa) Channel Stress", IEEE Electron. Dev. Lett., vol. 28, pp. 58-61, JAN, 2007.

Nishida, T., "Wireless Implantable Recording Electrodes (FWIRE) for Brain Machine Interfaces", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2007 (ISCAS 2007), pp. 2084 , May, 2007.

Patrick, E., M. Ordonez, C. Batich, J. C. Sanchez, and T. Nishida, "Design and Fabrication of Flexible Substrate Microelectrode Array for Brain Machine Interfaces", IEEE EMBS, New York, NY, August, 2006.

Martin, D., J. Liu, K. Kadirvel, R. M. Fox, M. Sheplak, and T. Nishida, "Development of a MEMS Dual Backplate Capacitive Microphone for Aeroacoustic Measurements", 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA Paper 2006-1246, Reno, NV, January, 2006.

Thompson, S., S. Suthram, Y. Sun, G-Y. Sun, S. Parthasarathy, M. Chu, and T. Nishida, "Future of Strained Si/Semiconductors in Nanoscale MOSFETs", (invited) Technical Digest 2006 International Electron Devices Meeting, pp. 681-684, December, 2006.

Jun, J., B. Chou, J. Lin, A. Phipps, X. Shengwen, K. Ngo, D. Johnson, A. Kasyap V.S., T. Nishida, H. T. Wang, et al., "Low-Power Detection of Hydrogen Leakage Using a Self-Powered Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Node", 2006 Spring Meeting of American Inst. Chem. Engineers, Orlando, FL, April, 2006.

V.S., A. Kasyap, A. Phipps, M. Sheplak, K. Ngo, T. Nishida, and L. Cattafesta, "Lumped Element Modeling of Piezoelectric Beams for Vibrational Energy Reclamation", Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Paper IMECE2006-, November, 2006.

Lim, J., X. Yang, T. Nishida, and S. Thompson, "Measurement of Conduction Band Deformation Potential Constants Using Gate Direct Tunneling Current in n-MOSFETs Under Mechanical Stress", Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, pp. 073509, AUG, 2006.

Horowitz, S., M. Sheplak, L. Cattafesta, and T. Nishida, "A MEMS Acoustic Energy Harvester", J. Micromech. Microeng., vol. 16, pp. S174-S181, SEP, 2006.

Horowitz, S., T. Nishida, L. Cattafesta, and M. Sheplak, "A Micromachined Piezoelectric Microphone for Aeroacoustics Applications", Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, June, 2006.

Li, Y., M. Papila, T. Nishida, L. Cattafesta, and M. Sheplak, "Modeling and optimization of a side-implanted piezoresistive shear stress sensor", Proceeding of SPIE 13th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, Paper 6174-7, San Diego, CA, February, 2006.

Nishida, T., R. Dieme, M. Sheplak, and G. Bosman, "Noise Modeling and Characterization of Piezoresistive Transducers", Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Paper IMECE2006-15392, November, 2006.

Papila, M., R. T. Haftka, T. Nishida, and M. Sheplak, "Piezoresistive Microphone Design Pareto Optimization: Tradeoff between Sensitivity and Noise Floor", J. Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1632-1643, DEC, 2006.

Ngo, K., A. Phipps, T. Nishida, J. Lin, and S. Xu, "Power Converters for Piezoelectric Energy Extraction", Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Paper IMECE2006-14343, November, 2006.

Kadirvel, S., F. Liu, S. Horowitz, T. Nishida, K. Ngo, L. Cattafesta, and M. Sheplak, "A Self-Powered Wireless Active Acoustic Liner", 12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference, Cambridge, MA, May, 2006.

Dieme, R., G. Bosman, M. Sheplak, and T. Nishida, "Source of Excess Noise in Silicon Piezoresistive Microphones", J. Acoustical Society of America, vol. 119, pp. 2710-2720, MAY, 2006.

Yang, X., J. Lim, G-Y. Sun, K. Wu, T. Nishida, and S. Thompson, "Strain-induced Changes in the Gate Tunneling Currents in p-channel Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors", Applied Phys. Lett., vol. 88, pp. 052108, JAN, 2006.

Sanchez, J. C., N. Alba, T. Nishida, C. Batich, and P. Carney, "Structural Modifications in Chronic Microwire Electrodes for Cortical Neuroprosthetics: A Case Study", IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehab. Engr., vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 217-221, JUN, 2006.

Thompson, S., G-Y. Sun, Y. Choi, and T. Nishida, "Uniaxial Process Induced Strained Si: Extending the CMOS Roadmap", IEEE Trans. Electron Dev., vol. 53, pp. 1010-1020, MAY, 2006.

Nishida, T., J. Lin, K. Ngo, F. Ren, D. Norton, S. J. Pearton, L. Cattafesta, M. Sheplak, J. Jun, A. Kasyap V.S., et al., "Wireless Hydrogen Sensor Self-powered Using Ambient Vibration and Light", Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Paper IMECE2006-14644, November, 2006.