Courtois B. – TechConnect Briefs

Thermo-Mechanical Characterization and Integrity Checking of Packages and Movable-Structures

Szabo P., Perlaky G., Bognar Gy., Horvath Gy., Ress S., Poppe A., Rencz M., Courtois B., Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU

The paper will present a variety of possibilities for the thermal characterization of different movable MEMS devices and packaging. It will discuss the major difficulties in these methodologies and the ways to overcome them. Comparison [...]

Electronic Properties of Gaphitic Surfaces with Adsorbed Aromatic Amino Acids

Roman C., Ciontu F., Courtois B., Tima Laboratory, FR

The electronic properties of aromatic amino acids physisorbed on graphene are investigated in view of establishing if carbon nanotube transconductance sensors can respond to this type of chemical stimuli. Several conclusions are drawn regarding both [...]

A Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor for Measuring Forces Developed by Cells

Roman C., Ciontu F., Courtois B., Tima Laboratory, FR

We propose and validate through atomistic modeling and simulation a novel carbon nanotube-based sensor for measuring forces in the pico-Newton range, distributed over lengths ranging from nano-meters up to micro-meters. The mechanical behavior is modeled [...]

Design and Verification of an Electrostatic MEMS Simulator

Bognar G., Rencz M., Ciontu F., Charlot B., Courtois B., Micred, HU

Thermal solvers can be used for the simulation of electro-static problems as well, since the main equations to be solved are the same: the so-called field equation. There are numerous thermal solvers on the market, [...]

Algorithmic and Modeling Aspects in the Electro-thermal Simulation of Thermally Operated Microsystems

Rencz M., Székely V., Poppe A., Courtois B., Micred, HU

A new algorithm has been developed for the layout based electro-thermal simulation of integrated circuits and MEMS, using simultaneous iteration. The general advantage of this method over simulator coupling is that, in contrast with the [...]

Information Coding for Intramolecular Integration of Logic Functionality

Ciontu F., Roman C., Courtois B., Tima Laboratory, FR

Although molecular electronics has a great potential, the feasibility of this technology will be however conditioned by the possibility of building complex circuits. But while on the technological versant rapid progresses have been accomplished during [...]

An Algorithm for the Inclusion of RC Compact Models of Packages into Board Level Thermal Simulation Tools

Rencz M., Székely V., Courtois B., TIMA-CMP, FR

The paper presents an algorithm for the co-simulation of packages, given with the RC compact models, and the printed circuit boards. This enables beyond the correct detailed consideration of the heat transfer in the board [...]

A Method for Thermal Model Generation of MEMS Packages

Rencz M., Székely V., Kohári Zs., Courtois B., Micred Ltd., HU

MEMS applications are frequently thermally operated, so knowing the thermal characteristics of their packages is very important. This paper presents a method for the generation of reduced order dynamic thermal models, either from simulated or [...]