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Mixed-Methodology-Based System-Level Simulation of Biochemical Assays in Integrated Microfluidic Systems

Wang Y., Bedekar A.S., Krishnamoorthy S., Siddhaye S.S., Sundaram S., CFD Research Corporation, US

While lab-on-a-chip (LoC) systems are increasingly used in the areas of genomics, proteomics and drug discovery, their efficient simulation and design at system-level continue to be a challenge. Experimental trial-and-error and multiphysics-based high fidelity computation [...]

Combination of Analytical Models and Order Reduction Methods for System Level Modeling of Gyroscopes

Schneider P., Reitz S., Bastian J., Schwarz P., Döring C., Maute M., Neul R., Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, DE

Within complex sensor systems different physical effects and electronics for signal processing have to be considered in the design process. In this paper we describe an approach for system level simulation of sensor systems and [...]

System-Level Optical Interface Modeling for Microsystems

Kurzweg T.P., Sharma A.S, Bhat S.K., Levitan S.P., Chiarulli D.M., Drexel University, US

In this paper, we present an accurate and computationally efficient system-level optical propagation technique suitable for the modeling of optical interfaces. Our technique is based on extensions to the angular spectrum technique used to solve [...]

Heat Transfer Macromodels for MEMS Devices with 3D Geometries

Yu C-C, Yang Y-J, National Taiwan University, TW

There are numerous heat transfer applications in MEMS, such as thermal actuating, uncooled infrared sensing, chip cooling, temperature sensing, PCR, and so on. Most of the applications need feedback loops for precise control or actuation, [...]

Macro-Modeling of Systems Including Free-Space Optical MEMS

Kurzweg T.P., Morris A.S., Uiversity of Pittsburgh, US

One barrier to the integration of MEMS devices into optical systems is the lack of a system-level CAD tool allowing the optimization of MOEMS designs simultaneously with embedding control electronics. Our work addresses this issue [...]

System Level Simulation of an Electrostatically Levitated Disk

Kraft M., Evans A., University of Southampton, UK

This paper describes the derivation of a system-level model for a micromachined disk which is levitated by electrostatic forces. Such a system has many potential applications for inertial sensors, micro-motors, microfluidic and micro-optical devices. As [...]

A Methodology for System Level Simulation, Modeling and Optimization of MEMS Devices

Nguyen L., Lee H.J., Maher M.A., von Sosen H., Tanner Research, Inc., US

A Methodology for System Level Simulation, Modeling and Optimization of MEMS Devices Categories: Co-simulation and Optimization System, Multi-level Modeling Linh Nguyen, Hee Jung Lee, Mary Ann Maher, and Harald von Sosen Tanner Research, Inc. VLSI [...]