Smart MEMS-based and Piezoelectric Medical Devices

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Slide 1

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 2

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 3

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 4

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 5

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 6

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 7

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 8

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 9

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 10

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 11

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 12

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 13

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 14

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 15

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 16

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 17

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 18

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 19

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 20

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes


Slide 21

SMART Piezoelectric&MEMS-based
Devices/Applications

An NGUYEN-DINH
[email protected]
www.vermon.com

MEMs-based imaging device for the diagnostic of arthritic diseases.
This work is funded under FP7 programme « IACOBUS », EC Grant Agreement 305760 / HEALTH2012.1.2-1

Contact: Nicolas SENEGOND
[email protected]

Outlook

• IACOBUS project (European FP7 funding program) : Diagnosis and monitoring of Inflammatory and
Arthritic diseases using a COmbined approach Based on Ultrasound, optoacoustic and hyperSpectral
imaging
(project coordinator : Fraunhofer IBMT)

• Objective: improvement of the diagnosis of arthritis
Development of a 3D imaging system combining photoacoustics & echographic for finger joint imaging.
• Development of the ultrasound system, laser sources & reconstruction algorithm (Fraunhofer IBMT)
• Development of the smart multi-modality ultrasonic probe (VERMON)

Specifications

Geometry
• 4 Tile portions :
• 2 « Grand Tiles » of 30mm RoC including 256 trx channels
• 2 « Small Tiles » of 15mm RoC including 128 trx channels
• TRX maximum thickness = 6 mm
• Translation of the 4 arcs for 3D reconstruction

Transducer
•
•
•
•

Central frequency 10-12 MHz
Inter-element pitch 150 µm
Elevation H = 3 mm
Transverse focus = 12 mm

Mechanical design

Translation axes

• General view
• Probes are entirely immersed in a water tank
• Material used for housing : anodised aluminum
• Maximum thickness of each Tile: 6 mm

Water tank
Laser sources

Finger holder

Finger spacer

Mechanical design (1/2)

Preamp boards

• “Grand Tiles”
• 8 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 4 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Coax cable for 256 channel driving + cable for preamp supplying and bias voltage for cMUTs

32 element cMUT array

Mechanical design (2/2)

• “Small Tiles”
• 4 x 32 (256) element array cMUT
• 2 x 64 (256) channels pre-amp PCBs per Tile
• Both Tiles are connected together with a single 256 coax cables

32 element cMUT array
Pre-amp PCB

capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic
Transducer (cMUT)

Features
A Multiscale Device :

300 µm

40 mm
CMUT device

20 µm
CMUT element

Reversible Operations:

Ultrasonic wave

Movable electrode

CMUT cell

Ultrasonic wave

Vacuum gap

∆c
∆u
Transmit mode

Vdc+
Vac

∆u
Receive mode

Vdc

cMUT design

BW & central frequency simulation

Directory simulation

• Batch of simulations (FDM taking into account
mechanical, electrostatic & acoustic)
• Layout design of the masks of photolithography
• Process used : sacrificial layer process
• Wafers processed by specialised MEMS foundries

CAD design

Wafer fabrication

Characterization

Dimensioning control

Z-Profile measurement

Impedance measurement

Pre-amp circuitry design

8 channel preamplifier chipset

Connection with flex

Preamp-board

Top view

• 1 board = preamplification of 64 channels
• Sizes 12,5 mm*153 mm
• Thickness of the board 0,8 mm
• Thickness with electronic components = 2,65 mm

Power supply box
•
•
•

3 channels power supply box
Provide DC voltages for preamplifier and bias voltages for cMUTs
Connection with probes : LEMO 14 points

Passive components

Bottom view

Connectors to cable

Integration

• Singulation of the 32 elts cMUT chips from wafer
• Test of devices : pulse echo measurement in oil
•

BW, central frequency are characterized

• Interconnection : wirebonded on flexible board
• Packaging of cMUT chips: silicone rubber (<500µm)
compatible with ultrasonic propagation
• Direct assembly on to pre-amp PCBs (pad/pitch:
75µm/75µm)

Current statement

• Ultrasound Probe with optical mounting available for end 2014.
• First imaging prototype system available early 2015
• Preclinical test on 60 patients planned to start mid 2015

Low frequency vibrational Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEH)
Contact: Guillaume FERIN
[email protected]

Energy Piezo-Harvester
Main piezoelectric harvesting technics
•
•

Vibrations are everywhere and free

Direct Stress/Strain energy harvesting
Indirect external Vibrational harvesting using
inertial forces
•
D31 mode
•
D33 mode

DuraAct Patch Transducer - PI

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

State-of-the-art

204Hz

• D31 oriented unimorph, Multilayered
serial or parallel bimorph
• D33 interleaved unimorph & bimorph

• Possible integration forms
• MEMS
• Macro device

Jeong 2005 : d33 PZT Cant.

1.3KHz

Cantilever (clamped/free) beams
Bridges (clamped/clamped)
Spirals
Others

608Hz

•
•
•
•

FANG 2006 : d31 PZT Cant.

200Hz

• Common topologies

Marzecki 2005 : d31 AlN Cant.

Marzecki 2007 : d31 AlN Cant.

200Hz

• Common flexural architectures

13.9KHz

Topologies for Vibrational Energy Piezoelectric Harvesters.

Renaud 2007 : d31 PZT Cant.

Dong 2008 : Spiral d31 PZT

Fabrication

X50
Surface roughness (PZT)





Optical Thickness control

Poling and electrode plating

Bulk PZT
Metallic shim material
Advanced Polymer bonding
CONFIDENTIAL

VERMON - Advanced Research Dpt

Performance
Piezoelectric device impedance (with no tip mass)
100

Amplitude
Phase angle

80
60
40

1,00E+03

20
0
-20
1,00E+02

-40
(88.0Hz, 1.57MΩ)

(85.8Hz, 23kΩ)

-60

Imepdance phase angle (°)

Test bench for electrical impedance measurement and
harmonic mechanical solicitation
•
W/WO Tip mass
•
Clamping pressure monitored to avoid softening
effects
•
Free circulating air (no softening recorded)

Impedance amplitude (kΩ)

1,00E+04

-80
1,00E+01

-100
80

82

84

86

88

90

92

94

frequency (Hz)

16

Polycrystalline PZT ceramic
PMN-PT [011] Single Crystal

14

RMS power (µW)

12

(With no Tip Mass)

10
8
6
4

1 G max uniaxial acceleration (gravity direction)
Electrical load 100kOhms

2
0
70

80

90

100

Harmonic excitation Frequency (Hz))

110

120

Medical Implants..

•

Heart as a mechanical source
•
•

•

Direct conversuin (external patchs)
Hear wall vibrational (external or internal
capsules

Power output
•
•

•

>10µW continuous mean power delivery
Up to 2.5V mean voltage

Quality standards & requirements
•
•

20-25 years durability
Comply with ISO60601 standards on active
implantable medical devices
•
•

•

Key developments -Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST be :
•

Highly reliable
•
•

“Implantable vibrational low Frequency
energy harvester”, VERMON

•

No damageable
Long lifetime >25years

Highly efficient
•
•

•

“Conformal piezoelectric energy harvesting
from motions of the heart, lung, and
diaphragm” C. Dagdeviren, 2014

Biocompatibility
Electrical safety

high power density
Works in every position

Great Integrability
•
•

Miniaturization
Compatible with MEMS & CMOS process

SHM Applications..

• Vibrational piezoelectric
energy harvester MUST have :
• High reliability
• No damageable: Embedded in
structures if possible &
• Forget: Long lifetime >30years
• Harsh environment (-40/+50°C)

• Efficiency
• high power density or multiple
harvester hosting architectures :
Stackable PEH
• Works in every position (multiaxis approach)
• Cost : below battery costs

FAA Technical center, William J. Hugues

Embedded Autonomous Sensing

• General specifications
•

Aircraft vibration source
•
•
•

•

Harvesting frequency range from 10 to 50Hz
1 mm max displacement
1G max available acceleration

Goals : save maintenance costs
•
•

•

Geometrical specs
•

Flat enough to be embedded into composite
sandwiches between foams and skins
Compatible with internal composite
stress/strain

•

•

10b$ a year for all airlines companies
35% could be saved with autonomous
sensors

Flaws detection and localization
•
•

Passive acoustic or LRU sensors for guided
wave processing
Other inertial sensors

Autonomous acoustic sensor nodes