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Publications:

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  1. D.A. Horsley, W.O. Davis, K.J. Hogan, M.R. Hart, E.C. Ying, M. Chaparala, B. Behin, M.J. Daneman, “Optical and Mechanical Performance of a Novel Magnetically Actuated MEMS-Basec Optical Switch,” submitted to the IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems.
  2. D.A. Horsley, M.J. Daneman, M.R. Hart, K. Hogan, T. Beerling, B. Behin, M.H. Kiang, “High Performance MEMS-Based 8x8-Port Optical Switch,” to appear in the 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, December 2003.
  3. S. Hoen, Q. Bai, J.A. Harley, D.A. Horsley, F. Matta, T. Verhoeven, J. Williams, K.R. Williams, “A High Performance Dipole Surface Drive for Large Travel and Force,” 12th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), June 2003. 
  4. D.A. Horsley, P.G. Hartwell, R.G. Walmsley, J. Brandt, U. Yoon, and S. Hoen, “Multi-degree of Freedom Dynamic Characterization of Deep-Etched Silicon Suspensions,” Proc. 2000 Workshop on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Hilton Head, SC, pp.81-84, June 2000.
  5. D.A. Horsley, N. Wongkomet, R. Horowitz, and A.P. Pisano, “Precision Positioning Using a Microfabricated Electrostatic Actuator,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, pp. 993-999, March 1999.
  6. A. Singh, D.A.  Horsley, M.B. Cohn, A.P. Pisano, and R.T. Howe, “Batch transfer of Microstructures Using Flip-Chip Solder Bump Bonding,” J. Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 8, Issue: 1, pp. 27-33, March 1999.
  7. T. Hirano, L.-S. Fan, W.Y. Lee, J. Hong, W. Imaino, S. Pattanaik, S. Chan, P. Webb, R. Horowitz, S. Aggarwal, and D.A. Horsley, “High-Bandwidth High-Accuracy Rotary Microactuators for Magnetic Hard Disk Drive Tracking Servos,” IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, pp. 156-165, Sept. 1998.
  8. N. Wongkomet, D.A. Horsley, B. Boser, “A Capacitive Position Sensing Circuit for Microactuators,” 12th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers (Eurosensors XII), Southampton, UK, Sept. 1998.
  9. D.A. Horsley, R. Horowitz, A.P. Pisano, “Microfabricated Electrostatic Actuators for Hard Disk Drives,” IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, pp. 175-183, Sept. 1998.
  10. D.A. Horsley, M.B. Cohn, A. Singh, R. Horowitz, and A.P. Pisano, “Design and Fabrication of an Angular Micro-Positioner for Magnetic Disk-Drives,” J. Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 7, No.2, pp. 141-148, June 1998.
  11. D.A. Horsley, N. Wongkomet, R. A.P. Pisano, R. Horowitz, “Design and Feedback Control of Electrostatic Actuators for Magnetic Disk Drives,” Proc. 1998 Workshop on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Hilton Head, SC, pp.120-123, June 1998.
  12. D.A. Horsley, D. Hernandez, R. Horowitz, A.K. Packard, and A.P. Pisano, “Closed-Loop Control of a Microfabricated Actuator for Dual-Stage Hard Disk Drive Servo Systems,” Proc. 1998 American Control Conf., Philadelphia, PA, pp. 3028-3032, June 1998.
  13. S.K. Aggarwal, D.A. Horsley, R. Horowitz, and A.P. Pisano, “Microactuators for High Density Disk Drives,” Proc. 1997 American Control Conf., Albuquerque, NM, pp. 3979-3084, June 1997.
  14. A. Singh, D.A.  Horsley, M.B. Cohn, A.P. Pisano, and R.T. Howe, “Batch transfer of Microstructures Using Flip-Chip Solder Bump Bonding,” Proc. 1997 Int. Conf. on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers ‘97), Chicago, IL, pp. 265-268, June 1997.
  15. D.A. Horsley, A. Singh, A.P. Pisano, R. Horowitz, “Angular Micropositioner for Disk Drives,” Proc. 1997 Conf. on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS ‘97), Nagoya, Japan, pp. 454-459, February 1997.

Patents:

  1. D. Horsley, “Method of Fabricating Suspended Microstructures”, US Patent 6,465,355
  2. P. Hartwell, D. Horsley, S. Hoen, J. Harley, “Method for Dicing Wafer Stacks to Provide Access to Interior Structures” HP patent application filed.
  3. B. Behin, R. Conant, M.J. Daneman, D. Horsley, M-H Kiang, D. Lerner, S. Pannu, “Three Dimensional optical switches and beam steering modules”, US Patent application # 20020097478
  4. D. Horsley, W. Clark, R. Conant, “PWM-based measurement interface for a micro-machined electrostatic actuator”, US Patent application # 20020093446