Manu Agarwal
Graduate Student Researcher
Micro Structures & Sensors Lab
Department of Electrical Engineering
Contact Information:
Mechanical Engineering
440
Bldg. 530, Room # 224
Tel: (650) 723-0277
Fax: (650) 723-7657
Email: manu dot agarwal at stanford dot edu
Advisors:
Research Topic:
Advanced
Considerations in Electrostatic Transduction & Nonlinearities in Resonant
Microstructures
Journal Publications
5) R. N. Candler, M. Hopcroft, B. Kim, W.-T. Park, R. Melamud, M. Agarwal, G. Yama, A. Partridge, M. Lutz and T. W. Kenny, "Long-Term and Accelerated Life Testing of a Novel Single-Wafer Vacuum Encapsulation of MEMS Resonators," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1446-1456, 2006.
6) A. Mahajan, M. Agarwal and A. K. Chaturvedi, "A novel method for down-conversion of multiple bandpass signals," IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, vol.5, no.2, pp. 427- 434, February 2006. [pdf]
Conference Publications
1) M. Agarwal, H. Mehta, R. N. Candler, S. A. Chandorkar, M. A. Hopcroft, R. Melamud, G. Bahl, T. W. Kenny, B. Murmann, “Impact of Miniaturization on the Current Handling of Electrostatic MEMS Resonators,” presented at 20th IEEE MEMS Conf., Kobe (Japan), Jan. 2007. [pdf]
2) S.
A. Chandorkar, H. Mehta, M. Agarwal, M. A. Hopcroft, C. M. Jha, R. N. Candler, G. Yama, G. Bahl, B. Kim, R. Melamud, K. E.
Goodson and T. W. Kenny, “Non-isothermal
micromechanical resonators,” presented at 20th IEEE MEMS Conf.,
3) R.
Melamud, B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft,
S. Chandorkar, M.
Agarwal, C. M. Jha, and T. W. Kenny, “Composite Flexural Mode Resonator with
Controllable turnover temeprature,” presented at 20th IEEE MEMS Conf.,
4) T. Kenny, M. Lutz, A. Partridge, G. Yama, R. Candler, W. T. Park, M. Hopcroft, B. Kim, M. Agarwal, S. Chandorkar, R. Melamud, C. M. Jha, “Advances in MEMS Integration: MEMS First or MEMS Last?” presented at the 12th International Micromachine/Nanotech Symposium in Tokyo (Japan), Nov. 2006.
5) T.
Kenny, A. Partridge, R. Candler, W. T. Park, M. Hopcroft,
B. Kim, M. Agarwal, S. Chandorkar, R. Melamud, C. M. Jha, “Manufacturable MEMS: Building
the MEMS, the Package and the Circuit in the Same Technology,” presented at
Intl. Forum on Micro-nano Hetero Sys. Int.,
6) M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, R. N. Candler,
B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft, S. A. Chandorkar,
C. M. Jha, R. Melamud, T.
W. Kenny and B. Murmann, “Nonlinear Characterization of Electrostatic MEMS resonators,”
presented at IEEE Frequency Control
Symposium,
7) M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft, S. Chandorkar, R. N. Candler, C. M. Jha, R. Melamud, B. Murrman and T. W. Kenny, “Amplitude Noise induced Phase Noise in Electrostatic MEMS Resonators,” presented at Hilton Head Workshop, Hilton Head, SC, 2006. [pdf]
8) R.
Melamud, B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft,
9) M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, M. Hopcroft, S. Chandorkar, R. N. Candler, B. Kim, R. Melamud, G. Yama, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny, "Effects of Mechanical Vibrations and Bias Voltage Noise on Phase Noise of MEMS Resonator Based Oscillators," presented at 19th IEEE MEMS Conf., Istanbul, Turkey, 2006. [pdf]
10) M. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal,
K. K. Park, B. Kim, C. M. Jha, R. N. Candler, G. Yama, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny,
"Temperature Compensation of a MEMS Resonator Using Quality Factor as a
Thermometer," presented at 19th
IEEE MEMS Conf.,
11) B. Kim, C.
M. Jha, R. N. Candler, M. Hopcroft,
S. Chandorkar, T. White, M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, R. Melamud and T.
W. Kenny, “Temperature Dependence of Quality Factors in MEMS Resonators,”
presented at 19th IEEE MEMS
Conf.,
12) M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, R. N. Candler,
M. Hopcroft, C. M. Jha, R. Melamud, B. Kim, B. Murmann and
T. W. Kenny, "Non-Linearity Cancellation in MEMS Resonators for
Improved Power-Handling," presented at IEEE Int. Electron Devices Meeting,
13) B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, W.-T. Park and T. W. Kenny, "Frequency Stability of Wafer-Scale Encapsulated MEMS Resonators," Tranducers '05, vol. 2, pp. 1965-1968, 2005.
14) B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, W.-T Park, J. Li and T. W. Kenny, “Investigation of MEMS Resonators Characteristics for Long-Term Operation and Wide Temperature Variation Condition,” 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo, 2004.
15) B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. Agarwal, W.-T.Park and T. W. Kenny, “Long-term Measurement of Quality Factor for MEMS Resonators – Pressure and Leak within Encapsulation,” presented Open Poster, IEEE Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop 2004, Hilton Head, South Carolina, June 6-12, 2004.
Invited Talks
1) M.
Agarwal and T. W. Kenny, “Nonlinearity limited power handling in MEMS
resonator based oscillators,” Presented
at the Nanotimer Workshop on MEMS resonators,
2) M.
Agarwal, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny, “MEMS
Resonator based Oscillators,” Presented at Research and Technology Center,
Robert Bosch Corporation,
The Other Side (Non-Technical)
1)
“Vote of Thanks”. This
was a podium speech delivered at my High School Farewell party in April, 1999.
I was chosen to give present the vote of thanks on the behalf of the outgoing
class. This speech was liked and later published in the school journal “The Aloysian – 1998 - 1999”. The linked page is a scan of this
journal page.
Last Updated:
1/18/2007