Text Box: Patents & Publications

Text Box: Book Chapters: 1.     Gary K. Fedder, Junseok Chae, Haluk Kulah, Khalil Najafi, T. Denison, J. Kuang, Stephen R. Lewis “CMOS Based Inertial Sensors,” in Advanced Micro & Nanosystems Volume 2: CMOS-MEMS, Edited by H. Baltes, O. Brand, G.K. Fedder, C. Hierold, J. Kornivk, O. Tabata, Wiley-VCH, 2005., Wiley. Patents Issued: 1. H. Külah and K. Najafi, “An Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator for Low-Frequency Environmental Vibrations,” USPTO patent no: 7,579,757, August 25, 2009. Journal Articles: 1. T. Akin, Z. Olgun, O. Akar, and H. Külah, “An Integrated Thermopile Structure with High Responsivity Using Any Standard CMOS Technology,” Sensors and Actuators Journal A 66, pp. 218-224, April 1998. 2. H. Külah and T. Akin, “A Current Mirroring Integration Based Readout Circuit for High Performance Infrared FPA Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Sys. II, Analog and Dig. Signal Proc., Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 181 -186, April 2003. 3. J. Chae, H. Külah, and K. Najafi, “An In-Plane High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise Micro-g Silicon Accelerometer with CMOS Readout Circuitry,” IEEE Journal of MEMS, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 628-635, August 2004. 4. J. Chae, H. Külah, and K. Najafi, “A CMOS compatible high aspect ratio silicon-on-glass in-plane micro-accelerometer,” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 336-345, Feb. 2005. 5. J. Chae, H. Külah, and K. Najafi, “A Monolithic Three-Axis Micro-g Micromachined Silicon Capacitive Accelerometer,” IEEE Journal of MEMS, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 235-242, April 2005. 6. H. Külah, J. Chae, N. Yazdi, and K. Najafi, “Noise Analysis and Characterization of A S-D Capacitive Silicon Micro-accelerometers,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 352-361, February 2006. 7. H. Külah and K. Najafi, “Energy Scavenging from Low-Frequency Vibrations by Using Frequency Up-Conversion for Wireless Sensor Applications,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 261-268, March 2008. 8. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "A Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator for for Wideband Environmental Vibrations," Sensors and Actuators A, Vol. 145-146, pp. 405-413, August 2008. (doi:10.1016/j.sna.2007.11.021) 9. S. Sukas, A. E. Erson, C. Sert, and H. Külah, "A parylene based double-channel micro-electrophoresis system for rapid mutation detection via heteroduplex analysis," Electrophoresis Journal, Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. 29, No. 18, pp. 3752-58, September 2008. 10. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, " An Electromagnetic Micro Energy Harvester Based on Array of Parylene Cantilevers," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, Accepted for Publication. 11. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "An Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator For Low Frequency Environmental Vibrations Based on The Frequency Up-Conversıon Technique" IEEE Journal of MEMS, Accepted for Publication.   Refereed Conference Papers: 1. Z. Olgun, O. Akar, H. Kulah, and T. Akin, “An Integrated Thermopile Structure with High Responsivity and Detectivity in Any Standard CMOS Technology,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (TRANSDUCERS’97), pp. 1263-1266, June 1997. 2. H. Kulah and T. Akin, “A CMOS Current Mirroring Integration Readout Structure for Infrared Focal Plane Arrays,” European Solid-State Circuits Conference ESSCIRC’98, pp. 468-471, Sept. 1998. 3. H. Kulah and T. Akin, “An Infrared FPA Readout Circuit Based on Current Mirroring Integration,” SPIE AeroSense Symposium, Infrared Technology and Applications XXV, pp. 778-788, April 1999. 4. J. Chae, H. Kulah, A. Salian, and K. Najafi, “A High-Sensitivity Silicon-On-Glass Lateral Micro-g Microaccelerometer,” Third Annual Micro/NanoTechnology Conference, January 2000. 5. A. Salian, H. Kulah, N. Yazdi, G. He, and K. Najafi, “A Hybrid Silicon Microaccelerometer System with CMOS Interface Circuit,” 43rd MIDwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2000), pp. 248-251, 2000. 6. H. Kulah, N. Yazdi, and K. Najafi, “A CMOS Switched-Capacitor Interface Circuit for an Integrated Accelerometer,” 43rd MIDwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2000), pp. 252-255, 2000. 7. A. Salian, H. Kulah, N. Yazdi, G. He, and K. Najafi, “A High-Performance Hybrid CMOS Microaccelerometer,” Hilton Head 2000, Solid-State Sensors & Actuators Workshop, pp. 202-205, June 2000. 8. J. Chae, H. Kulah, and K. Najafi, “A Hybrid Silicon-On-Glass (SOG) Lateral Micro-Accelerometer with CMOS Readout Circuitry,” International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'02), pp. 623-626, Jan. 2002. 9. H. Kulah, A. Salian, N. Yazdi, and K. Najafi, “A 5V Closed-Loop Second-Order Sigma-Delta Micro-G Micro Accelerometer,” Hilton Head 2002, Solid-State Sensors & Actuators Workshop, pp. 219-222, 2002. 10. H. Kulah and K. Najafi, “A Low Noise Switch-Capacitor Interface Electronics for High Performance Sub-Micro Gravity Accelerometers,” European Solid-State Circuits Conference ESSCIRC’02, pp. 635-639, Sept. 2002. 11. J. Chae, H. Kulah, and K. Najafi, “An In-plane High-Sensitivity, Low-Noise Micro-G Silicon Accelerometer,” International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'03), pp. 466-469, Jan. 2003. 12. H. Kulah, J. Chae, N. Yazdi, and K. Najafi, “A Multi-Step Electromechanical Sigma-Delta Converter for Micro-g Capacitive Accelerometers,” International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2003), pp. 202-203, Feb. 2003. 13. J. Chae, H. Kulah, and K. Najafi, “A Monolithic 3-Axis Silicon Capacitive Accelerometer with Micro-g Resolution,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (TRANSDUCERS’03), pp. 81-84, 2003. 14. H. Kulah, J. Chae and K. Najafi, “Noise Analysis and Characterization of A S-D Capacitive Silicon Micro-accelerometers,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (TRANSDUCERS’03), pp.92-95, 2003. 15. K. Najafi, J. Chae, H. Kulah, and G. He, “Micromachined Silicon Accelerometers and Gyroscopes,” Invited paper, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003), pp. 2353-2358, October 2003. 16. H. Kulah and K. Najafi, “An Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator for Low-Frequency Environmental Vibrations,” International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'04), pp. 237-240, January 2004. 17. N. Yazdi, H. Kulah and K. Najafi, “Precision Readout Circuits for Capacitive Microaccelerometers,” IEEE Sensors 2004, pp. 28-31, October 2004. 18. H. Kulah and K. Najafi, "An Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator for Low-Frequency Environmental Vibrations," SAE World Congress, “Military Vehicle Technology – Micro/Nano-technology”, pp. 1894-1897, April 2005. 19. J. Chae, H. Kulah, and K. Najafi, “Micromachined Acceloremeters for Inertial Navigation Applications,” SAE World Congress, “Military Vehicle Technology – Micro/Nano-technology”, pp. 1898-1904, April 2005. 20. S. Sukas and H. Kulah, “Modeling, Design and Implementation of a Parylene Based Micro-Electrophoresis System,” 7th Workshop on Biosensors and Bioanalytical µ-Techniques in Environmental and Clinical Analysis,” In CD-ROM, September 2006. 21. T. Akın and H. Kulah, “MEMS and Microsystem Technologies for Microsensors and Biological Microdevices,” 7th Workshop on Biosensors and Bioanalytical µ-Techniques in Environmental and Clinical Analysis,” In CD-ROM, September, 2006. 22. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "A Wideband Electromagnetic Micro Power Generator for Wireless Microsystems," International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS'07), pp. 275-278, June 2007. 23. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "Design and Optimization of an Electromagnetic Micro Energy Scavenger with Parylene Cantilevers,” PowerMEMS Conference 2007, pp. 745-746, November 2007. 24. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "An Energy Harvesting MEMS Frequency Detector," IEEE Sensors Conference 2007, pp. 1460-1463, October 2007. 25. S. Sukas, A.E. Erson, C. Sert, and H. Kulah, “A Parylene Based Double-Channel Micro-Electrophoresis System for Rapid Mutation Detection,” 11th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, µTAS 2007 Conference, pp. 643-636, October 2007. (Konferanstaki en iyi öğrenci posteri ödülünü kazanmıştır.) 26. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, "A Micro Power Generator with Planar Coils on Parylene Cantilevers,” Accepted to IEEE Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) Conference as an oral presentation, Istanbul, June 2008. 27. A.T. Çiftlik and H. Külah, "A Direct Injection Method for Blood Cells into Microchannels from Pure Blood Droplets with switchable in-situ Distillation of Erythrocytes,” Accepted to IEEE Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) Conference as an oral presentation, Istanbul, June 2008. 28. R. Kepenek, İ. E. Ocak, H. Külah, and T. Akin "A µg Resolution Microaccelerometer System with A Second-Order Σ-Δ Readout Circuitry,” Accepted to IEEE Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PRIME) Conference as an oral presentation, Istanbul, June 2008. 29. İ. Sarı, T. Balkan, and H. Külah, “A Hybrid Silicon-On-Glass (SOG) Lateral Micro-Accelerometer with CMOS Readout Circuitry,” International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'09), pp. 1075-78, Jan. 2009. 30. B. Boga, İ. E. Ocak, H. Külah, and T. Akin "Modeling Of A Capacitive Σ-Δ MEMS Accelerometer System Including The Noise Components and Verification With Test Results,” International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS'09), pp. 821-824, Jan. 2009. 31. G. Yılmaz, A.T. Çiftlik, and H. Külah, "A Dielectrophoretic Cell/Particle Separator Fabricated By Spiral Channels And Concentric Gold Electrodes,” International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS'07), pp. 73-76, June 2009. 32. E. Yıldırım, A. Koyuncuoglu, and H. Külah, " An Electrostatic Parylene Microvalve for Controlling In-Plane Flow,” Accepted to 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, µTAS 2009, October 2009. 33. O. Zorlu, E.T. Topal, and H. Külah, "A Mechanical Frequency Up-Conversion Mechanism for Vibration Based Energy Harvesters,” Accepted to IEEE Sensors Conference 2009, October 2009. 34. Z. Olgun, O. Akar, H. Külah ve T. Akin, “Standart CMOS Teknolojisi ile Üretilebilen Isılküme Tipi Kızılötesi Dedektörler,” Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği 7. Ulusal Kongresi, s. 75-78, Eylül 1997. 35. H. Külah ve T. Akin, “PtSi Schottky-Bariyer Gece-Görüş Dedektörü ve CMOS Elektronik Okuma Devresi Tasarımı,” Elektrik, Elektronik, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği 7. Ulusal Kongresi, s. 79-82, Eylül 1997. 36. A.T. Çiftlik and H. Külah, "Kan Damlacıklarından Mikrokanallara Kan Hücresi Enjeksiyonu ve Yerinde Eritrosit Arıtma,” 13. Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Ulusal Toplantısı, BIYOMUT 2009, Ankara, Mayıs 2008. (Konferanstaki en iyi öğrenci sunumu ödülünü kazanmıştır.) 37. G. Yilmaz, E. Bayraktar, H. Külah, "BiyoMEMS Uygulamaları icin Kaotik Mikro Karıştırıcı Tasarımı ve Üretimi", 14. Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Ulusal Toplantısı, BIYOMUT 2009, İzmir, Mayıs 2009.     Theses: 1. H. Kulah, “Closed-Loop Electromechanical Sigma-Delta Microgravity Accelerometers,” Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of Michigan, February 2003. 2.    H. Kulah, “A CMOS Integrated PtSi Schottky-Barrier Infrared Detector for Night Vision Applications,” M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, METU, July 1998.   Other Publications: 1. H. Kulah and T. Akin, “PtSi Schottky-Barrier Infrared Detector with CMOS Electronic Circuitry (In Turkish),” Kaynak Elektrik Dergisi (National periodical on electronics), pp. 103-113, Feb. 1997, Best paper award by IEEE-PES Turkey Section. 2. M. McCorquadale, A-C. Wong, K. Nagarajan, H. Kulah, and C.T-C. Nguyen “An Integrated MEMS BiCMOS SINCGARS Transceiver,” Best paper and 1st Place (Conceptual Category) Awards, Design Automation Conference 2000, June 2000. 3. H. Kulah and T. Akin, “A High Performance Readout Electronics for Infrared Focal Plane Array Applications,” 3rd Place Award (Operational Category), Design Automation Conference 2000, Los Angeles, California, June 2000. 4. H. Kulah and K. Najafi, “A Low Noise Switched-Capacitor Interface Electronics for Sub-micro Gravity Resolution Micromachined Accelerometers,” 3rd Place Award (Operational Category), Design Automation Conference 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2002.