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Stanford University

Stanford Webinar - IOT: From Smart Sensors to Smart Networks

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This course covers the role of MEMS sensors in enabling the Internet of Things, including topics such as timing circuits, MEMS gyroscope chips, laser scanners, and Texas Instruments DLP technology. Students will learn about capacitive measurement of displacement, silicon micromechanical devices, MEMS materials, and fabrication techniques like anisotropic etching of silicon and deep reactive ion etching. The course explores the integration of smart sensors, MEMS, and electronics in applications such as autonomous vehicles and wearable sensors. The intended audience for this course is individuals interested in understanding how smart sensors contribute to the development of smart networks in the Internet of Things.

Syllabus

Introduction.
From Smart Sensors to Smart Networks: How MEMS sensors enable the Internet of Things.
Outline.
Role of sensors in loT.
Sensors you use.
Timing Circuit.
MEMS Gyroscope Chip.
Atomic Force Microscopy - Sensing on the nanoscale.
Laser Scanner.
Texas Instruments Digital Light Processing (DLP) Technology.
Grating Light Valve - Silicon Light Machines.
How does sensors work?.
Capacitive measurement of displacement.
Small is beautiful.
Silicon Micromechanical Devices.
MEMS Materials.
Si Diamond structure.
Anisotropic Etching of Silicon.
Bulk Micromachined Sensors.
Micromachining Ink Jet Nozzles.
Electrostatic Combdrive Actuator.
Deep Reactive lon Etching (DRIE) Deposit polymer.
2x2 switch - DRIE of SOI.
Fiber AFM Fabrication.
Hydrogen Annealing.
Before Hydrogen Anneal.
After Hydrogen Anneal.
Simplified fabrication.
Conundrum - Smart Sensors MEMS and Electronics Integration.
Autonomous vehicles.
Awareness - Random Access Scanning.
Possible solution - MEMS Phased Arrays.
Wearable, Ingestible and Implantable Sensors.
What are the opportunities? What are the cool applications? • Awareness = Efficiency, safety, sustainability!.

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    Uma Uma
    IOT : from sensor to smart network is effective course to beginners. This course is well structured to learn easily. I could know about its circuit, roles of sensor, timing circuit aand how sensors are used in our life. Everything I learned in a easy way..THANK YOU so much

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