Zhou N. – TechConnect Briefs

Solving Electric Field in Combined Conductor and Dielectric Devices

Chen Z.J., Przekwas A., Athavale M., Zhou N., CFD Research Coorporation, US

In the design and simulation of micro/nano device areas, it becomes more and more important to obtain, fast and accurate, transient electric field solutions in combined conductor/dielectric materials. The time characteristics for such transient process [...]

New Numerical Techniques and Tools in SUGAR for 3D MEMS Simulation

Bai Z., Bindel D., Clark J., Demmel J., Pister K., Zhou N., University of California Davis, US

SUGAR is a modified nodal analysis package for 3D MEMS simulations that owes its heritage and its name to the SPICE family of circuit simulation. SUGAR has undergone the stage of proof-of-concept which showed that [...]

Modified Nodal Analysis for MEMS with Multi-Energy Domains

Clark J.V., Zhou N., Pister K.S.J., University of California at Berkeley, US

A modified nodal analysis approach for the design, simulation, and display of three-dimensional microelectro-mechanical systems with coupled energy domains is presented. Static, steady-state, and transient algorithms are introduced followed by examples. Transient and static analysis [...]

Nodal Analysis for MEMS Design Using SUGAR v0.5

Zhou N., Clark J.V., Pister K.S.J., UC-Berkeley, US

This paper presents the development of a simulation program (SUGAR) for planar MEMS devices. The approach is based on nodal analysis to solve coupled nonlinear differential equations. The current version SUGAR vO.5 can perform DC, [...]