Very small electromechanical coupling coefficient in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) or acoustic resonators is quite a concern for oscillator performance, specially at mmWave frequencies. This the manifestation of ratio motional capacitance to static resonators. work provides general solution overcome problem relatively high frequencies and presents analysis design techniques achieving e...

We sought to understand the excitation-contraction coupling process in arterioles. KCl or phenylephrine (PE) was applied via the superfusion solution or by brief pulsatile ejections from a micropipette onto unpressurized arterioles (in vitro) from either the guinea pig small intestine or hamster cheek pouch. With either mode of application, KCl caused depolarizations that were tightly and predi...

We fabricate and characterize a microscale silicon opto-electromechanical system whose mechanical motion is coupled capacitively to an electrical circuit and optically via radiation pressure to a photonic crystal cavity. To achieve large electromechanical interaction strength, we implement an inverse shadow mask fabrication scheme which obtains capacitor gaps as small as 30 nm while maintaining...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of death globally. To detect CAD noninvasively at an early stage before clinical symptoms occur is still nowadays challenging. Analysis of the variation of heartbeat interval (RRI) opens a new avenue for evaluating the functional change of cardiovascular system which is accepted to occur at the subclinical stage of CAD. In addition, systoli...

Abstract Piezoelectric transformers are mainly commercialized for a LCD back light inverter module. With regard to laptop computers, the required output power for a piezoelectric transformer is around 5 W at present, and higher power will be needed for wider displays in the near future. In addition, modules such as AC-DC adaptors or fluorescent lamps may require a higher output power of more th...

Moderate alcohol intoxication in man, a ubiqitious social event, causes acute but reversible myocardial depression, the mechanism of which is unknown. We investigated whether this depression could be due to a direct effect of ethanol on the process of electromechanical coupling by simultaneously measuring the transmembrane action potential and contraction, or the cytosolic calcium transient (vi...