Modeling & Simulation of Microsystems – Page 70

The Art of Modeling Coupled-Field Effects in Microdevices and Microsystems

Wachutka G., Münich University of Technology, DE

The rapid progress in microsystems technology is increasingly supported by MEMS-specific modeling methodologies and dedicated simulation tools. These do not only allow the visualization of fabrication processes and operational principles, but they also assist the [...]

Virtual Component Qualification

Pecht M., Sandborn P., McCluskey F.P., University of Maryland, US

One of the most time consuming activities in new product development is associated with reliability assessment and qualification. This is defined as a process to verify whether the anticipated reliability is indeed achieved under actual [...]

Living in an Expanding TCAD Space

Borucki L.J., Motorola, Inc., US

A substantial number of important industrial modeling and simulation problems lie outside of the scope of commercial TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design) software.The tools needed to solve such problems include a good PDE (Partial Differential Equation) [...]

Fast Algorithms For 3-D Simulation

White J.K., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US

One difficulty associated with computer simulation of micromachined devices is that the devices are typically geometrically complicated and innately three-dimensional. For this reason, attempts to exploit existing finite-element based tools for micromachined device simulation has [...]

Plenary lectures

FELLINI-A CAD Tool for the Design of Microsystems

Lang M., Glesner M., Darmstadt University of Technology, DE

This paper reports of the CAD-tool FELLINI, which supports the design of microsysfems on the lower levels of abstraction. FELLINI provides a bidirectional interface between the structural and the layout level. A Layout-to-FEM converter as [...]

DOPDEES/PMM: A System for Portable Model Description

Gencer A.H., Dunham S.T., Boston University, US

We have developed a multi-purpose partial differential equation solver, DOPDEES, which is capable of solving initial value problems in one spatial dimension using a finite differences method. The system of partial fferential equations is specified [...]

Multi-Mode Sensitive Layout Synthesis of Microresonators

Iyer S., Mukherjee T., Fedder G.K., Carnegie Mellon University, US

Microresonator layouts are synthesized such that their preferred mode of oscillation is well-separated from the higher order in-plane and out-of-plane modes. Building on our previous work, we have incorporated models for four out-of-plane modes. All [...]

An Environment for MEMS Design and Verification

Bart S.F., Swart N.R., Mariappan M., Zaman M.H., Gilbert J.R., Microcosm Technologies, Inc., US

A comprehensive CAD software environment is presented for MEMS/MST design. It includes MEMS mechanical schematic entry, parameterized cell layout generation, automatic lumped parameter macro-model generation, and LVS style error checking. These tools allow for flexible [...]

Autonomous Agents Design for Digital Network Maximization in Joint C4I System

DaBose M.W., Luqi L., Naval Postgraduate School, US

The advent of the computer age has brought about an ever increasing demand to transfer exponentially increasing amounts of information, and the as ciated problems of information sharing. The focus of this pa is to [...]