Users desire microsensors that support reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition (RSTA) operations. Typically, the communications bandwidth on these microsensors limits the amount of data that can be transmitted. Therefore, much of the signal processing must be performed within the aggressive size, power, and weight constraints of the microsensor. Furthermore, these microsensors need ...

works have gained importance in a wide spectrum of civil and military applications.1 Advances in MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology, combined with low-power, low-cost digital signal processors (DSPs) and radio frequency (RF) circuits have resulted in the feasibility of inexpensive and wireless microsensor networks. A distributed, self-configuring network of adaptive sensors has si...

Low power wireless sensor networks provide a new monitoring and control capability for civil and military applications in transportation, manufacturing, biomedical, environmental management, and safety and security systems. Wireless microsensor network nodes, operating at average and peak power levels constrained by compact power sources, offer a range of important challenges for low power meth...

The steady-state zero output of static electric field measuring systems often fluctuates, which is caused mainly by the finite leakage resistance of the water film on the surface of the electric field microsensor package. The water adsorption has been calculated using the Boltzmann distribution equation at various relative humidities for borosilicate glass and polytetrafluoroethylene surfaces. ...