Matt Hopcroft at Stanford University: Publications

Selected Publications by M.A. Hopcroft

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(Also see the Kenny Group Publication Database)

First Author Publications:

"What is the Young's Modulus of Silicon?", 2010
M. A. Hopcroft, W. D. Nix and T. W. Kenny
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 19, 2, pp. 229-238
See also: The Young's Modulus of Silicon, A Simple Explanation
"Silicon Micromechanical Resonators for Frequency References", 2007
   M. A. Hopcroft
   Stanford University, Ph.D. thesis in Mechanical Engineering
   Stanford, CA USA
"A High-Stability MEMS Frequency Reference", 2007
   M. A. Hopcroft, H. K. Lee, B. Kim, R. Melamud, S. Chandorkar, M. Agarwal, C. M. Jha, J. Salvia, G. Bahl, H. Mehta and T. W. Kenny
   TRANSDUCERS '07 / Eurosensors XXI, the 14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
   Lyon, France, 10-14 June 2007
"Using the temperature dependence of resonator quality factor as a thermometer", 2007
M. A. Hopcroft, B. Kim, S. Chandorkar, R. Melamud, M. Agarwal, C. M. Jha, G. Bahl, J. Salvia, H. Mehta, H. K. Lee, R. N. Candler and T. W. Kenny
Applied Physics Letters, 91, 1, pp. 013505-3
"Temperature compensation of a MEMS resonator using Quality Factor as a thermometer", 2006
   M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, B. Kim, C. M. Jha, R. N. Candler, R. Melamud, G. Yama, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny
   MEMS 2006, The 19th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
   Istanbul, Turkey, January 22-26, 2006
"Micromechanical testing of SU-8 cantilevers", 2005
M. A. Hopcroft, T. Kramer, G. Kim, K. Takashima, Y. Higo, D. Moore and J. Brugger
Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 28, 8, pp. 735-742
"Active Temperature Compensation for Micromechanical Resonators", 2004
   M. A. Hopcroft, R. Melamud, R. N. Candler, W.-T. Park, B. Kim, G. Yama, A. Partridge, M. Lutz and T. W. Kenny
   Hilton Head 2004, the IEEE Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop
   Hilton Head, SC USA, June 6-10, 2004
"Micromechanical testing of SU-8 cantilevers", 2003
   M. A. Hopcroft, T. Kramer, G. Kim, K. Takashima, Y. Higo, D. Moore and J. Brugger
   ATEM'03: Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics
   Nagoya, Japan, September 10-12, 2003
"MAT-Test: A New Method for Thin-film Materials Characterization", 2002
   M. A. Hopcroft
   University of Cambridge, MPhil thesis in Engineering
   Cambridge, UK

Reports and Whitepapers:

"The Young's Modulus of Silicon, A Simple Explanation"
Author: M.A. Hopcroft
"Using TSUPREM4 for Piezoresistor Design", 2006
Author: M.A. Hopcroft
Abstract: This report describes the best practices for using TSUPREM4 to simulate doping silicon to create piezoresistors.

Contributing Author Publications:

"High resolution microresonator-based digital temperature sensor", 2007
C. M. Jha, G. Bahl, R. Melamud, S. A. Chandorkar, M. A. Hopcroft, B. Kim, M. Agarwal, J. Salvia, H. Mehta and T. W. Kenny
Applied Physics Letters, 91, 7, pp. 074101-3
"CMOS-Compatible Dual-resonator MEMS Temperature Sensor with Milli-degree Accuracy", 2007
   C. M. Jha, G. Bahl, R. Melamud, S. Chandorkar, M. A. Hopcroft, B. Kim, M. Agarwal, J. Salvia, H. Mehta and T. W. Kenny
   TRANSDUCERS '07 / Eurosensors XXI, the 14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
   Lyon, France, 10-14 June 2007
"Using MEMS to build the device and the Package", 2007
   B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft, C. M. Jha, R. Melamud, S. Chandorkar, M. Agarwal, K.-l. Chen, W.-t. Park, R. N. Candler, G. Yama, A. Partridge, M. Lutz and T. W. Kenny
   TRANSDUCERS '07 / Eurosensors XXI, the 14th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems
   Lyon, France, 10-14 June 2007
"Composite Flexural-mode Resonator with Controllable Turnover Temperature ", 2007
   R. Melamud, B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft, S. Chandorkar, M. Agarwal, C. M. Jha and T. W. Kenny
   MEMS 2007, The 20th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems
   Kobe, Japan, January 21-25, 2007
"Temperature-compensated high-stability silicon resonators", 2007
R. Melamud, B. Kim, S. A. Chandorkar, M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, C. M. Jha and T. W. Kenny
Applied Physics Letters, 90, 24, pp. 244107-3
"Frequency stability of wafer-scale film encapsulated silicon based MEMS resonators", 2007
B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, W.-T. Park and T. W. Kenny
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 136, 125-131
"Long-Term and Accelerated Life Testing of a Novel Single-Wafer Vacuum Encapsulation for MEMS Resonators", 2006
R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, B. Kim, W. T. Park, R. Melamud, M. Agarwal, G. Yama, A. Partridge, M. Lutz and T. W. Kenny
Microelectromechanical Systems, Journal of, 15, 6, pp. 1446-1456
"Temperature Dependence of Quality Factor in MEMS Resonators", 2006
   B. Kim, C. M. Jha, T. White, R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, R. Melamud and T. W. Kenny
   Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2006, 19th IEEE International Conference on (MEMS '06).
   Istanbul, Turkey, January 22-26, 2006
"Effects of mechanical vibrations and bias voltage noise on phase noise of MEMS resonator-based oscillators", 2006
   M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, M. A. Hopcroft, S. A. Chandorkar, R. N. Candler, B. Kim, R. Melamud, G. Yama, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny
   Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, 2006, 19th IEEE International Conference on (MEMS '06).
   Istanbul, Turkey, January 22-26, 2006
"MEMS Resonators: Getting the Packaging Right", 2005
A. Partridge, M. Lutz, B. Kim, M. A. Hopcroft, R. N. Candler, T. W. Kenny, K. Petersen and M. Esashi
SEMICON Japan2005
December 7-9, 2005
"Effects of stress on the temperature coefficient of frequency in double clamped resonators", 2005
   R. Melamud, M. A. Hopcroft, C. Jha, B. Kim, S. Chandorkar, R. Candler and T. W. Kenny
   Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
   Seoul, SK, June 5-9, 2005
"Frequency stability of wafer-scale encapsulated MEMS resonators", 2005
B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, W.-T. Park and T. W. Kenny
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
"Hydrogen diffusion and pressure control of encapsulated MEMS resonators", 2005
R. N. Candler, W.-T. Park, M. A. Hopcroft, B. Kim and T. W. Kenny
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
"Impact of slot location on thermoelastic dissipation in micromechanical resonators", 2005
R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, C. W. Low, S. Chandorkar, B. Kim, M. Varghese, A. Duwel and T. W. Kenny
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on
"Non-Linearity Cancellation in MEMS Resonator for Improved Power Handling", 2005
   M. Agarwal, K. K. Park, R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, C. M. Jha, R. Melamud, B. Kim, B. Murmann and T. W. Kenny
   IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting
   Washington, DC USA, December 5-7, 2005
"Investigation of MEMS Resonator Characteristics During Long-term Operation and Wide Temperature Variation Operation", 2004
   B. Kim, R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, M. Agarwal, W.-T. Park, J. T. Li and T. Kenny
   2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo
   Anahiem, CA USA, November 13-19, 2004
"Micro-mechanical characterisation for MEMS thin films by bending ľ-machined cantilevers", 2004
   J. H. He, D. F. Moore, H. Taylor, M. Boutchich, P. Boyle, G. McShane, M. A. Hopcroft and J. K. Luo
   Advanced Semiconductor Devices and Microsystems, 2004 (ASDAM 2004), The Fifth International Conference on
   Smolenice Castle, Slovakia, October 17-21, 2004
"Reduction in thermoelastic dissipation in micromechanical resonators by disruption of heat transport", 2004
   R. N. Candler, M. A. Hopcroft, S. A. Chandorkar, W.-T. Park, G. Yama, K. E. Goodson, M. Varghese, A. E. Duwel, A. Partridge, M. Lutz and T. W. Kenny
   Solid-State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, 2004. Technical Digest, IEEE.
   Hilton Head, SC USA, June 6-10, 2004
"Characterization of Thin Films for MEMS Optical and Electrical Device Packaging Applications", 2003
   D. Moore, J. H. He, P. Boyle and M. A. Hopcroft
   Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2003 (ATEM'03)
   Nagoya, Japan, September 10-12, 2003
"Laser micromachining of thin films for optoelectronic devices and packages", 2002
   D. F. Moore, J. A. Williams, M. A. Hopcroft, P. Boyle, J. H. He and R. R. A. Syms
   Laser Micromachining for Optoelectronic Device Fabrication
   Brugges, Belgium, September 2002
"MEMS Adhesive Bond Degradation Sensor", 2000
   A. Wilson, Z. Sbiaa, M. A. Hopcroft and B. C. Laskowski
   SPIE 2000 Smart Materials and MEMS
   Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 December, 2000
"Modeling of Thermoelectric Effects in Planar Micromachined Structures Using SPICE", 2000
   V. Milanovic, M. A. Hopcroft, C. A. Zincke, M. Gaitan, M. E. Zaghloul and K. S. J. Pister
   Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC '00)
   Budapest, Hungary, September 24-27, 2000
"Optimization of CMOS MEMS Microwave Power Sensors", 1999
   V. Milanovic, M. A. Hopcroft, C. Zincke, M. Gaitan and M. E. Zaghloul
   IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and System (ISCAS)
   Orlando, Florida, May 30 - June 2, 1999

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