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Spiral Wound Transducer

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Elliott, PC; Bobbio, SM; Pennington, MA; Smith, SW; Zara, J; Hudak, J; Pagan, J; Rouse, BJ
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
December 1, 2000

The Spiral Wound Transducer (SWT) is a muscle-like actuator comprising an array of deformable capacitors. The SWT is fabricated as a flat multilayer metallized plastic structure on a silicon wafer. Conventional microelectronic manufacturing techniques are used and will be described. The novel aspect of fabrication occurs after the flat SWT structures (tapes) are lifted off the wafer. In order to form a volumetric three-dimensional actuator the tapes are wound up upon themselves and bonded using a laminating process. This work as well as a characterization of the performance of the SWTs will be presented.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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0277-786X

Publication Date

December 1, 2000

Volume

4176

Start / End Page

130 / 139

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Elliott, P. C., Bobbio, S. M., Pennington, M. A., Smith, S. W., Zara, J., Hudak, J., … Rouse, B. J. (2000). Spiral Wound Transducer. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4176, 130–139. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395621
Elliott, P. C., S. M. Bobbio, M. A. Pennington, S. W. Smith, J. Zara, J. Hudak, J. Pagan, and B. J. Rouse. “Spiral Wound Transducer.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 4176 (December 1, 2000): 130–39. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.395621.
Elliott PC, Bobbio SM, Pennington MA, Smith SW, Zara J, Hudak J, et al. Spiral Wound Transducer. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2000 Dec 1;4176:130–9.
Elliott, P. C., et al. “Spiral Wound Transducer.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 4176, Dec. 2000, pp. 130–39. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.395621.
Elliott PC, Bobbio SM, Pennington MA, Smith SW, Zara J, Hudak J, Pagan J, Rouse BJ. Spiral Wound Transducer. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2000 Dec 1;4176:130–139.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

ISSN

0277-786X

Publication Date

December 1, 2000

Volume

4176

Start / End Page

130 / 139

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering