Darrin J. Young
Wireless Microsystems Lab

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Publications in Referred Journals

  1. W. H. Ko, D. Young, J. Guo, M. Suster, H-I Kuo, and N. Chaimanonart, "A High-Performance MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensing System," Sensors and Actuators A, vol. 133, pp. 272-277, 2007.

  2. M. Suster, J. Guo, N. Chaimanonart, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, “A High-Performance MEMS Capacitive Strain Sensing Microsystem,” IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 15, Issue 5, pp. 1069-1077, 2006.

  3. N. Chaimanonart and D. J. Young, “Remote RF Powering for Industrial Strain Sensing Micorsystem,” IEEE Sensors Journal , Volume 6,  Issue 2,  April, pp. 484 – 489, 2006.

  4. P. Cong and D. J. Young, “Single Crystal 6H-SiC MEMS Fabrication Based On Smart-Cut Technique,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 15, pp. 2243-2248, 2005.

  5. R. Wang, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "SiC-Carbide-MESFET-Based High-Temperature MEMS Sensing and Data Telemetry Module," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, December, pp. 1389-1394, 2005.

  6. D. J. Young, J. Du, C. A. Zorman, and W. H. Ko, "High-Temperature Single Crystal 3C-SiC Capacitive Pressure Sensor," IEEE Sensors Journal, Special Issue on Microsensors and Microactuators, August, pp. 464-470, 2004.

  7. J. Du, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "Single Crystal Silicon MEMS Fabrication Based On Smart-Cut Technique," Sensors and Actuators, vol. 112, issue 1, pp. 116-121, 2004.

  8. M. Suster, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "An Optically-Powered Wireless Telemetry Module for High-Temperature MEMS Sensing and Communication," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, June, pp. 536-541, 2004.

  9. D. J. Young, B. E. Boser, V. Malba, and A. F. Bernhardt, "A Micromachined RF Low Phase Noise Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for Wireless Communication," International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, pp. 285-300, 2001.

Invited Book Chapters

  1. D. J. Young, C. A. Zorman, and M. Mehregany, "MEMS/NEMS Devices and Applications," in The Nanotechnology Handbook, B. Bhushan, Ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin/NY, Germany/NY, 2004, pp.225-252.

  2. D. J. Young, "MEMS for communication systems," in Standard Handbook of Electronic Engineering, Donald Christiansen and Charles K. Alexander, McGraw-Hill, NY, NY, 5th Edition, 2005, Chapter 17.8, pp. 17.144-17.147.

  3. S. Rajgopal, C.A. Zorman, D. J. Young, and M. Mehregany, "Reliability and MEMS," in The CRC Handbook of Mechanical Engineering, F. Kreith and Y. Goswami, Eds., Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005, pp. 15.68-15.83.

Publications in Referred Conferences

  1. W. H. Ko, J. Guo, P. Huang, R Zhang, D. Young, C. Mergerian, "Displacement Sensor as Implant Microphone For Totally Implantable Hearing Aid Systems," to appear in the 3rd IEEE International
    Conference of Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems    , Sanya, Hainan Island, China, January 2008.

  2. D. J. Young, P. Cong, W. H. Ko, "Wireless Less-Invasive Long-Term Implantable Blood Pressure Sensing System for Small Animal Real-Time Monitoring," to appear in 2007 International Electron Devices and Materials Symposium (IEDMS), Taiwan, R.O.C., November 2007, (Invited).

  3. D. J. Young, B. Farnsworth, R. Triolo, "Wireless Implantable EMG Sensing Microsystem," 2007 Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting (BMES 2007), Los Angeles, California, p. 1579.

  4. P. Huang, J. Guo, C. A. Megerian, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, "A Laboratory Study on a Capacitive Displacement Sensor as an Implant Microphone in Totally Implant Cochlear Hearing Aid Systems,"
    29th Annual International Conference on the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS-2007), Lyon, France, 2007, pp. 5691-5694.

  5. D. J. Young, S. J. Mallin, and M. Cross, "2 GHz CMOS Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Optimal Design on Phase Noise and Power Dissipation," 2007 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 131-134.

  6. D. J. Young, M. A. Zurcher, W. H. Ko, M. Semann, and C. A. Megerian, "Implantable MEMS Accelerometer Microphone for Cochlear Prosthesis," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007, pp. 3119-3122, (Invited).

  7. M. Suster, J. Guo, N. Chaimanonart, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "A Wireless Strain Sensing Microsystem with External RF Powering and Two-Channel Data Telemetry Capability," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), San Francisco, February, 2007, pp. 380-381.

  8. M. A. Zurcher, D. J. Young, M. Semaan, C. A. Megerian, and W. H. Ko, "MEMS Middle Ear Acoustic Sensor for Fully Implantable Cochlear Prosthesis," 20th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Kobe, Japan, 2007, pp. 11-14.

  9. M. A. Zurcher, D. J. Young, M. Semaan, C. A. Megerian, and W. H. Ko, " Effect of Incus Removal on Middle Ear Acoustic Sensor for a Fully Implantable Cochlear Prosthesis," the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS '06), New York, N.Y., 2006, pp. 539-542.

  10. P. Cong, D. J. Young, B. Hoit, and W. H. Ko, "Novel Long-Term Implantable Blood Pressure Monitoring System with Reduced Baseline Drift," the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS '06), New York, N.Y., 2006, pp. 1854-1857.

  11. M. Zimmerman, N. Chaimanonart, and D. J. Young, "In Vivo RF Powering for Advanced Biological Research," the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS '06), New York, N.Y., 2006, pp. 2506-2509.

  12. M. A. Zurcher, D. J. Young, T. Trang, C. A. Megerian, and W. H. Ko, "Development of Middle Ear Acoustic Sensor for Fully Implantable Cochlear Prosthesis," the 3rd International Workshop on Network Sensing System (INSS '06), Chicago, May 2006, pp. 49-54.

  13. W. H. Ko, D. J. Young, and C. A. Megerian, "Implantable Microphone for Cochlear Hearing System," Asia-Pacific Conference of Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology, Singapore, June, 2006, p.151.

  14. C. K. Lu, H. Qu., H.K. Xie, and D. J. Young, " CMOS MEMS Accelerometer for Long-Term In Vivo Real-Time Small Animal Biological Monitoring," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Irvine, CA, October 2005, pp. 1377-1380.

  15. J. Guo, M. Suster, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, " High-gain Mechanically Amplified Capacitive Strain Sensor," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Irvine, CA, October 2005, pp. 464-467.

  16. N. Chaimanonart, M. Suster, and D. J. Young, "Two-Channel Data Telemetry with Remote RF Powering for High Performance Wireless MEMS Strain Sensing Applications," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Irvine, CA, October 2005, pp. 285-288.

  17. N. Chaimanonart, K. Olszens, M. Zimmerman, W. Ko, and D. J. Young, “Implantable RF Power Converter for Small Animal In Vivo Biological Monitoring,” the 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS '05), Shanghai, China, September 2005, pp. 1559-1562.

  18. P. Cong, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, "Implantable Blood Pressure Monitoring of Small Animal for Advanced Biological Research," Technical Digest of The 13 th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '05), Seoul, Korea, June 2005, pp. 2002-2005.

  19. N. Chaimanonart, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "Remote RF Powering and Data Telemetry System for Wireless MEMS Strain Sensors," the 2nd International Workshop on Networked Sensing Systems, San Diego, CA, June 2005, pp. 48-53.

  20. M. Suster, N. Chaimanonart, J. Guo, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, “Remote-Powered High-Performance Strain Sensing Microsystem,” Technical Digest, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, Miami, Florida, January 2005, pp.255-258.

  21. H. Kuo, J. Guo, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, “Rapid Bonding of Miro Strain Sensor,” Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference , Vienna, Austria, October 2004, pp. 546-549.

  22. N. Chaimanonart, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, "Remote RF Powering System for MEMS Industrial Strain Sensing Applications," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, Austria, October, 2004, pp. 1522-1525.

  23. P. Cong, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, “Single Crystal 6-H Silicon Carbide Smart-Cut MEMS Fabrication Technology," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, Austria, October, 2004, pp. 1161-1164.

  24. P. Cong, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, "Novel Long-Term Implantable Blood Pressure Monitoring System," Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors Conference, Vienna, Austria, October, 2004, pp. 1359-1362.

  25. M. Suster, J. Guo, N. Chaimanonart, W. H. Ko, and D. J. Young, “High Performance Stain Sensing Microsystem,” Technical Digest, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 2004, pp.693-696.

  26. D. J. Young and W. H. Ko, “A High-Performance Strain Sensing Microsystem with Remote RF Power Capability,” Technical Digest, the 7th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated-Circuit Technology, Beijing, China, 2004 (Invited).

  27. J. Guo, H. Kuo, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, “Buckled Beam Linear Output Capacitive Strain Sensor,” Technical Digest of Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2004. pp. 344-347.

  28. J. Du, D. J. Young, C. A. Zorman, and W. H. Ko, "Single Crystal SiC Capacitive Pressure Sensor at 400° C," Technical Digest, International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 2003, pp. 783-786.

  29. M. Suster, W. H. Ko, D. J. Young, "Optically-Powered Wireless Transmitter For High-Temperature MEMS Sensing and Communication," Technical Digest, The 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers'2003), Boston, Massachusetts, June 2003, pp. 1703-1706.

  30. D. J. Young, “Micromachined RF Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with Phase Noise Characterization,” Technical Digest, The 9th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems , Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 2002. pp. 295-298, (Invited).

  31. J. Du, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, “Single Crystal Silicon MEMS Fabrication Technology Using Proton-Implantation Smart-Cut Technique,” Technical Digest, IEEE Sensors 2002, Orlando, Florida, June 2002, pp. 585-588.

  32. M. Suster, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, “Micro-Power Wireless Transmitter with Printed Battery for MEMS Sensing and Communication Applications,” Technical Digest, Solid-State Sensor, Actuator, and Microsystems Workshop , Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 2002, pp. 333-336.

  33. M. Suster, D. J. Young, and W. H. Ko, “Micro-Power Wireless Transmitter for High-Temperature MEMS Sensing and Communication Applications,” Technical Digest , The 15th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems , Las Vegas, Nevada, January, 2002, pp. 641-644.

  34. D. J. Young, J. L. Tham, and B. E. Boser, “A Micromachine-Based Low Phase-Noise GHz Voltage-Controlled Oscillator for Wireless Communication,” Technical Digest, The 10th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers '99), Sendai, Japan, June 1999. pp. 1386-1389.

  35. D. J. Young , V. Malba, J. J. Ou, A. F. Bernhardt, and B. E. Boser, “A Low-Noise RF Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Using On-chip Three-Dimensional Coil Inductor and Micromachined Variable Capacitor,” Technical Digest, IEEE Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 1998. pp. 128-131.

  36. V. Malba, D. J. Young, J. J. Ou, A. F. Bernhardt, B. E. Boser, “High-performance RF coil inductors on silicon,” The 48th IEEE Electronic Components & Technology Conference, 1998, pp. 252-255.

  37. D. J. Young, V. Malba, J. J. Ou, A. F. Bernhardt, and B. E. Boser, “Monolithic High-Performance Three-Dimensional Coil Inductors for Wireless Communication Applications,” Technical Digest, International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, D.C., December 1997, pp. 67-70.

  38. D. J. Young and B. E. Boser,“ A Micromachine-Based RF Low-Noise Voltage-Controlled Oscillator,” Technical Digest, IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, Santa Clara, CA, May 1997, pp. 431-434.

  39. D. J. Young and B. E. Boser, "A Micromachined Variable Capacitor for Monolithic Low-Noise VCOs," Technical Digest, IEEE Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 1996, pp. 86-89.