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This research applied a stylus probe without balance and lever arm as in the previous design of a contact-force-controlled Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) system. The controller integrated both Ziegler-Nichols-based and intelligent fuzzy methods; thus the systems relative stability can be reserved under the nominal conditions. In addition, one can see that both hysteresis and parameter variation effects of the force actuator can be reduced. Comparing the results with the traditional Ziegler-Nichols-based controller by simulation, one can see that the proposed systems are much more robust.

Conventional bio-probes are produced on a silicon substrate, they are not only fragile but unable to dispose according to the profile of human body in a large area manner, and thus the contact resistance between probe and skin may be increased. Besides, the signal processing devices are required to improve both S/N ratio and impedance matching problems. This paper proposes a novel remote human health monitor and an active RFID tag with replaceable non-frangible probes and thin-film-transistor (TFT) amplifiers. The probes are made of bio-degradable polymer (photo resist) and covered with bio-compatible TiN. In addition, we use two pieces of double sides conducting tapes to connect both TFT amplifiers and probe modules. Thus the probe module can be replaced easily by peeling the used probe module away from the double sides conducting tapes to supply a new one. Since the tag is a flexible plastic substrate, e, g. PT, PET and PI, so the probes are easier to deploy and conform to the human body profile. In addition, the signal can be amplified by the TFT amplifier nearby to improve both S/N ratio and impedance matching. Thus the human health conditions can be remotely monitored by measuring various acupuncture impedances via the active RFID tag. The active RFID monitoring range is 15m by using 2.45 GHz ISM band, the probe resistance and parasitic capacitance are as 2735 Ω and 60.7 pf, respectively. Since the typical human acupuncture point resistance is about 40-120KΩ, thus the proposed device and system can be applied.

This research proposes a wireless RFID-based thermal bubble accelerometer design, and relates more particularly for the technology to manufacture and package it on a flexible substrate. The key technology is to integrate both a thermal bubble accelerometer and a wireless RFID antenna on the same substrate, such that the accelerometer is very convenient for fabrication and usage. In this paper the heaters as well as the thermal sensors are directly adhering on the surface of the flexible substrate without the traditional floating structure. Thus the structure is much simpler and cheaper for manufacturing, and much more reliable in large acceleration impact condition without broken. Furthermore, the molecular weight of xenon gas is much larger than carbon dioxide, thus the performance of the accelerometer will be increased. In addition, the shape of the chamber is changed as a semi-cylindrical one instead of the conventional rectangular type. Comparisons of sensitivity and response time are also made; one can see the performances of the proposed new design with either semi-cylindrical chamber or filled with xenon gas are better.

This research is to extend Ziegler-Nichols based PID controller design method to the intelligent fuzzy PID controller design of a Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM) system, thus the relative stability can be reserved. In addition, one can see the hysteresis and parameters variation effects of the force actuator can be reduced. This improvement had been verified by practical implementation. Comparing the results with the design with the Ziegler-Nichols based PID controller, one can see that the proposed system is more robust.

This research proposes a wireless RFID-based thermal bubble accelerometer design, and relates more particularly for the technology to manufacture it on a flexible substrate. The key technology is to integrate both a thermal bubble accelerometer and a wireless RFID antenna on the same substrate, such that the accelerometer is very convenient for usage. In this paper we use xenon inert gas in the chamber with heavier molecular weight to increase the acceleration sensitivity instead of traditional air or carbon dioxide. On the other hand, the specific heat of xenon gas is also lower so that the bandwidth of the proposed accelerometer is larger and the power consumption is lower. In addition, the inner shape of the chamber is changed as hemisphere instead of rectangular type, comparisons are also made. We have seen that the sensitivity of the proposed design is better.

This research provides a microarray bio-probe device, integrated with Thin-Film-Transistor (TFT) amplifier formed of top-gate MOS (Metal-Oxide Semiconductor) transistors on an active RFID tag, to improve the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and impedance matching problems. The bio-probe device can be disposed to conform to the profile of a living body's portion so as to improve the electrical contact property.

This research applied both the traditional and the fuzzy control methods for mobile satellite antenna tracking system design. Firstly, the antenna tracking and the stabilization loops were designed according to the traditional bandwidth and phase margin requirements. However, the performances would be degraded if the tacking loop gain is reduced due to parameter variations. On the other hand a PD-type fuzzy controller was also applied for tracking loop design. It can be seen that the system performances obtained by the fuzzy controller were better for both low and high antenna tracking loop gains, and the tracking loop gain parameter variations effect can be reduced.

This research applied both the traditional and the fuzzy control methods for mobile satellite antenna tracking system design. The antenna tracking and the stabilization loops were designed firstly according to the bandwidth and phase margin requirements. However, the performance would be degraded if the tracking loop gain is reduced due to parameter variation. On the other hand a PD type of fuzzy controller was also applied for tracking loop design. It can be seen that the system performance obtained by the fuzzy controller was better for low antenna tracking gain. Thus this research proposed an adaptive law by taking either traditional or fuzzy controllers for antenna tracking system depending on the tracking loop gain, then the tracking gain parameter variation effect can be reduced.

This research is to use linear velocity transducer (LVT) to detect the vertical velocity of the stylus probe for the inner-loop damping and transient control of a force actuator. This improvement has been verified by Matlab simulation and practical implementation of a surface profiler to reduce the hysteresis effect of the force actuator.

The performance of the navigation system of INS aided with GPS by Kalman filter integration method was studied, i.e. the positioning outputs of GPS were taken as the measurements to calibrate the INS error parameters, such as error covariance matrices of states, gyro-compass alignment error, as well as accelerometer bias. The integrated system can preserve the advantages and avoid the disadvantages of both systems. The lost tracking conditions of GPS were also performed, the results showed that the longer the GPS locked, the better the errors of INS were calibrated. Thus the navigation system of INS aided with GPS was better than that with only GPS or INS. In addition, we also used a voice-recognition module and two DC motors to drive vehicle shafts for direction and movement control, such that the car can be controlled by the proposed intelligent system with voice command.