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Publications of Tom Sterken

Journal papers

  1. Tom Torfs, Tom Sterken, Steven Brebels, Juan Santana, Richard van den Hoven, Vincent Spiering, Nicolas Bertsch, Davide Trapani and Daniele Zonta Low power wireless sensor network for building monitoring IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, Vol. 13(3), pp. 909-915 (2013)
  2. Swarnakamal Priyabadini, Tom Sterken, Luc Van Hoorebeke and Jan Vanfleteren 3D stacking of ultra-thin chip packages : an innovative packaging and interconnection technology IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY(99), pp. 1-9 (2013)
  3. Liang Wang, Tom Sterken, Maarten Cauwe, Dieter Cuypers and Jan Vanfleteren Fabrication and characterization of flexible ultrathin chip package using photosensitive polyimide IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPONENTS PACKAGING AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 2(7), pp. 1099-1106 (2012)
  4. Maarten Rockelé, Duy-Vu Pham, Jürgen Steiger, Silviu Botnaras, Dennis Weber, Jan Vanfleteren, Tom Sterken, Dieter Cuypers, Soeren Steudel, Kris Myny, Sarah Schols, Bas van der Putten, Jan Genoe and Paul Heremans Solution-processed and low-temperature metal oxide n-channel thin-film transistors and low-voltage complementary circuitry on large-area flexible polyimide foil JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY, Vol. 20(9), pp. 499-507 (2012)
  5. Hiroyuki Tanaka, Paolo Fiorini, Sara Peeters, Bivragh Majeed, Tom Sterken, Maaike Opdebeeck, Miho Hayashi, Hidenobu Yaku and Ichiro Yamashita Sub-micro-liter electrochemical single-nucleotide-polymorphism detector for lab-on-a-chip system JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, Vol. 51, pp. 04DL02-1-04DL02-6 (2012)
  6. Frederick Bossuyt, Jürgen Günther, Thomas Löher, Manuel Seckel, Tom Sterken and Hans de Vries Cyclic endurance reliability of stretchable electronic substrates MICROELECTRONICS RELIABILITY, pp. (2010)
  7. Reinhilde D'hulst, Tom Sterken, Robert Puers, Geert Deconinck and Johan Driesen Power processing circuits for piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvesters IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, Vol. 57(12), pp. 4170-4177 (2010)
  8. PD Mitcheson, Tom Sterken, C He, M Kiziroglou, EM Yeatman and R Puers Electrostatic microgenerators MEASUREMENT & CONTROL, Vol. 41(4), pp. 114-119 (2008)
  9. M Renaud, K Karakaya, Tom Sterken, P Fiorini, C Van Hoof and R Puers Fabrication, modelling and characterization of MEMS piezoelectric vibration harvesters SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL, Vol. 145, pp. 380-386 (2008)
  10. Ruud JM Vullers, Vladimir Leonov, Tom Sterken and Andreas Schmitz Energie am Körper gewinnen ELEKTRONIK, Vol. 55(17), pp. 34-41 (2006)
  11. Els Parton, Tom Sterken and Paolo Fiorini Un innovativo progetto MEMS per il riutilizzo delle vibrazione ambientali ELETTRONICA OGGI(346), pp. 44-47 (2005)
  12. Els Parton, Tom Sterken and Paolo Fiorini POWER micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) : innovative design for ambient vibration scanvengers POWER SYSTEMS DESIGN EUROPE, Vol. 1(Oct.), pp. 25-28 (2004)

Conference publications

  1. Swarnakamal Priyabadini, Tom Sterken, Maaike Op de Beeck and Jan Vanfleteren Photo-definable polyimide-based flat UTCP technology for 3D-stacking application Smart systems integration 2013, pp. 8 (2013)
  2. Rik Verplancke, Amir Jahanshahi, Tom Sterken, Dieter Cuypers and Jan Vanfleteren Thin-film based stretchable electronics technologies Smart systems integration 2013, pp. 8 (2013)
  3. HAC Tilmans, A Witvrouw, S Severi, P Helin, MA Erismis, L Haspeslagh, Maaike Op de Beeck, Tom Sterken, V Rochus, RF Yazicioglu, S Donnay, C Van Hoof and X Rottenberg Multi-sensors modules in SiGeMEMS technology Smart systems integration 2013, pp. 8 (2013)
  4. Rik Verplancke, Tom Sterken, Dieter Cuypers and Jan Vanfleteren Thinned dies in a stretchable package ESTC 2012 : 4th electronics system integration technologies conference, pp. 5 (2012)
  5. Tom Sterken, Maaike Op de Beeck, Filip Vermeiren, Tom Torfs, Liang Wang, Swarnakamal Priyabadini, Kristof Dhaenens, Dieter Cuypers and Jan Vanfleteren High-yield embedding of 30µm thin chips in a flexible PCB using a photopatternable polyimide based ultra-thin chip package (UTCP) IMAPS 2012 : proceedings of the 45th international symposium on microelectronics, pp. 940-945 (2012)
  6. Tom Sterken, Filip Vermeiren, Piers Tremlett, Wim Christiaens and Jan Vanfleteren Embedding thinned chip in flexible PCBs ESTC 2012 : 4th electronics system integration technologies conference, pp. 4 (2012)
  7. Swarnakamal Priyabadini, Tom Sterken, Liang Wang, Kristof Dhaenens, BART VANDECASTEELE, Steven Van Put, Andreas Erik Petersen and Jan Vanfleteren An approach to produce a stack of photo definable polyimide based flat UTCPs 4th Electronics System Integration Technologies Conference 2012, Proceedings, pp. PA6_2-1-PA6_2-4 (2012)
  8. Tom Torfs, Tom Sterken, Steven Brebels, Juan Santana-Corte, Richard Van den Hoven, Nicolas Saillen, Nicolas Bertsch, Davide Trapani and Daniele Zonta Low power wireless sensor network for structural health monitoring of buildings using MEMS strain sensors and accelerometers 2nd MEMSCON workshop : towards intelligent civil infrastructure, Proceedings, pp. 37-44 (2012)
  9. Davide Trapani, Daniele Zonta, Marco Molinari, Angelos Amditis, Matthaios Bimpas, Nicolas Bertsch, Vincent Spiering, Juan Santana, Tom Sterken, Tom Torfs, Dimitris Bairaktaris, Manos Bairaktaris, Stefanos Camarinopulos, Mata Frondistou-Yannas and Dumitru Ulieru Full-scale laboratory validation of a wireless MEMS-based technology for damage assessment of concrete structures PROCEEDINGS OF SPIE, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, Vol. 8345(1), pp. 18 (2012)
  10. Tom Sterken, Jan Vanfleteren, Frederick Bossuyt, Steven Brebels, Wim Christiaens, Thomas Vervust, Michal Jablonski, Sheila Dunphy, Filip Vermeiren, Yung-yu Hsu, Tom Torfs and Maaike Opdebeeck A Reliable and comfortable package for wearable medical devices Microelectronic packaging for medical and Hi-Rel devices, Abstracts, pp. (2011)
  11. Tom Sterken, Jan Vanfleteren, Tom Torfs, Maaike Op de Beeck, Frederick Bossuyt and Chris Van Hoof Ultra-Thin Chip Package (UTCP) and stretchable circuit technologies for wearable ECG system 2011 Annual international conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), pp. 6886-6889 (2011)
  12. Maarten Rockelé, Duy-Vu Pham, Jürgen Steiger, Silviu Botnaras, Dennis Weber, Jan Vanfleteren, Tom Sterken, Dieter Cuypers, Soeren Steudel, Kris Myny, Sarah Schols, Bas van der Putten, Jan Genoe and Paul Heremans Low-temperature and low-voltage, solution-processed metal oxide n-TFTs and flexible circuitry on large-area polyimide foil IDW : proceedings of the international display workshops, pp. 1267-1270 (2011)
  13. Rik Verplancke, Frederick Bossuyt, Tom Sterken and Jan Vanfleteren Thin-film interconnection technology for use in a stretchable cell culture platform MRS Spring Meeting, Abstracts, pp. (2010)
  14. Rik Verplancke, Tom Sterken, Fabrice Axisa and Jan Vanfleteren Development of a thin-film stretchable electrical interconnection technology for biocompatible applications 2010 3rd electronic system-integration technology conference (ESTC 2010), pp. 4 (2010)
  15. Tom Sterken, Frederick Bossuyt, Rik Verplancke, Thomas Vervust, Fabrice Axisa and Jan Vanfleteren Lifetime of stretchable meander-shaped copper conductors in PDMS subjected to cyclic elongation MRS Spring Meeting, Abstracts, pp. (2010)
  16. W Dulinski, J Baudot, N Chon-Sen, M Deveaux, M Goffe, K Minoglou, P De Moor, C Mntz, Tom Sterken, J Stroth, Jan Vanfleteren and M Winter Flexible monolithic active pixel sensors embedded in ultra thin polymer film IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Abstracts, pp. (2010)
  17. E Halvorsen, ER Westby, S Husa, A Vogl, NP Ostbo, V Leonov, Tom Sterken and T Kvisteroy An electrostatic energy harvester with electret bias 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems : Transducers 2009, Proceedings, pp. 1381-1384 (2009)
  18. Geert Altena, Tom Sterken, R Van Schaijk and Robert Puers Electrostatic vibration energy harvesters for wireless autonomous transducer systems Smart Systems Integration Conference, Abstracts, pp. (2009)
  19. Geert Altena, Tom Sterken, Robert Puers, RJM Vullers and Valer Pop Innovative micropower solutions for wireless autonomous sensor nodes Smart Systems Integration 2008, pp. 4 (2008)
  20. R D'hulst, Tom Sterken, P Fiorini, R Puers and J Driesen Energy scavengers : modeling and behavior with different load circuits IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, pp. 2169-2174 (2007)
  21. M Renaud, Tom Sterken, A Schmitz, P Fiorini, C Van Hoof and R Puers Piezoelectric harvesters and MEMS technology : fabrication, modeling and measurements Transducers '07 and Eurosensors XXI : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2, pp. U450-U451 (2007)
  22. Tom Sterken, P Fiorini, C Van Hoof and R Puers A hybrid electrodynamic vibration harvester Seventh international workshop on micro and nanotechnology for power generation and energy conversion applications (PowerMEMS 2007), pp. 85-88 (2007)
  23. Tom Sterken, P Fiorini, G Altena, C Van Hoof and R Puers Harvesting energy from vibrations by a micromachined electret generator Transducers '07 and Eurosensors XXI : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2, pp. U68-U69 (2007)
  24. V Pop, R Vullers, D Hohlfeld, J De Boeck, Tom Sterken and A Schmitz Wireless autonomous transducer solutions for hybrid electrical vehicle applications Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies, 2nd International conference and exhibition, Proceedings, pp. 3 (2007)
  25. Tom Sterken, Geert Altena, Paolo Fiorini and Robert Puers Characterization of an electrostatic vibration harvester DTIP 2007 : symposium on design, test, integration and packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2007, pp. 297-300 (2007)
  26. Geert Altena, Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini, Ruud JM Vullers and Robert Puers Electrostatic energy scavengers for wireless autonomous transducer solutions Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors, Proceedings of the workshop, pp. 365-368 (2006)
  27. Tom Sterken, P Fiorini and R Puers Motion-based generators for industrial applications DTIP 2006 : symposium on design, test, integration and packaging of MEMS/MOEMS 2006, pp. 328-331 (2006)
  28. Reinhilde D'hulst, Tom Sterken, Robert Puers and Johan Driesen Requirements for power electronics used for energy harvesting devices Fifth international workshop on micro and nanotechnology for power generation and energy conversion applications (PowerMEMS 2005), pp. 53-56 (2005)
  29. Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini and Robert Puers Combining BCB with KOH : wet bulk micromachining versus wafer bonding Micromachining, Micromechanics and Microsystems, 16th Workshop, Proceedings, pp. 80-83 (2005)
  30. Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini and Robert Puers Parametrical study of miniature generators for large motion applications Eurosensors, 19th Conference, Proceedings, pp. 4 (2005)
  31. Andreas Schmitz, Tom Sterken, Michael Renaud, Paolo Fiorini, Robert Puers and Chris Van Hoof Piezoelectric scavengers in MEMS technology : fabrication and simulation Fifth international workshop on micro and nanotechnology for power generation and energy conversion applications (PowerMEMS 2005), pp. 61-64 (2005)
  32. Michael Renaud, Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini, Robert Puers, Kris Baert and Chris Van Hoof Scavenging energy from human body : design of a piezoelectric transducer Transducers '05 : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2, pp. 784-787 (2005)
  33. Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini and Robert Puers Anisotropic etching of silicon using KOH : fast etching planes revisited MicroMechanics Europe, 15th Workshop, Proceedings, pp. 119-122 (2004)
  34. Tom Sterken, Lieve Bogaerts, Deniz S Tezcan, Anne Jourdain and Piet De Moor Polymer based wafer bonding for MEMS devices and MEMS packaging Workshop on wafer bonding for MEMS technologies, pp. 71-72 (2004)
  35. Tom Sterken, K Baert, C Van Hoof, R Puers, G Borghs and P Fiorini Comparative modelling for vibration scavengers IEEE Sensors, pp. 1249-1252 (2004)
  36. Tom Sterken, Paolo Fiorini, Kris Baert, Gustaaf Borghs and Robert Puers Novel design and fabrication of a MEMS electrostatic vibration scavenger Fourth international workshop on micro and nanotechnology for power generation and energy conversion applications (PowerMEMS 2004), pp. 18-21 (2004)
  37. Tom Sterken, P Fiorini, K Baert, R Puers and G Borghs An electret-based electrostatic µ-generator Boston Transducers '03 : digest of technical papers, vols 1 and 2, pp. 1291-1294 (2003)
  38. Tom Sterken, K Baert, R Puers, G Borghs and R Mertens A new power MEMS component with variable capacitance 2003 Proceedings : Pan Pacific Microelectronics symposium, pp. 27-34 (2003)
  39. Tom Sterken, Kris Baert, Robert Puers and Gustaaf Borghs Power extraction from ambient vibration Proceedings of SAFE-ProRISC-SeSens, pp. 4 (2001)

Other publications

  1. Ruud JM Vullers, Vladimir Leonov, Tom Sterken and Andreas Schmitz Energy scavengers for wireless intelligent microsystems ONBOARD TECHNOLOGY, (June) pp. 34-37 (2006)
  2. Els Parton, Tom Sterken and Paolo Fiorini Innovative vibrationssensoren D&V Kompendium, pp. (2005)
  3. Els Parton, Tom Sterken and Paolo Fiorini Kraftwerk für mobile Sensornetze VDI-Nachrichten, (08.10.2004) pp. (2004)
  4. S. Sanders and T. Sterken Sequentiele netwerken met reversibele logische blokken Afstudeerwerk FTW, RUG, pp. (2001)