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| SUGAR: The Spice for MEMS | |
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| Description: | Nano 501 Tutorial
SUGAR: The Spice for MEMS Jason Clark, Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University Abstract: In this seminar, I present some design, modeling, and simulation features of a computer aided engineering tool for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) called SUGAR. For experimental verification, I use a microdevice that is difficult to simulate with conventional MEMS software. I show that the relative errors of the lumped models are less than 3% of finite element analysis; that the computational costs are much less than 1% of finite element analysis; and that simulation fairly agrees with experiment. Features of SUGAR include: a flexible SPICE-like netlist language for MEMS design; a simple modeling framework for computationally efficient lumped models; an extensible architecture to which users can add features; and the ability to display 3D circuits together with deflected electromechanical structures. Since SUGAR is programmed in MATLAB, a multitude of commonly used functions and 3rd-party toolboxes may be used with SUGAR at once. Such attributes facilitate the exploration of design spaces and feature modifications. |
| When: |
Wednesday, April 11 2007, 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
| Where: | Purdue University, EE 317 |
| Submitted by: Alicia Goodman | |