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Nanotechnology 501 Lecture Series

SUGAR: the SPICE for MEMS

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Contributor(s) Jason Clark
Purdue University, West Lafayette
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.
Biography Jason Clark is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and of Mechanical Engineering, at Purdue University. He is a faculty member of the Birck Nanotechnology Center, and of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Dr. Clark received his Ph.D. in Applied Science from the University of California at Berkeley, fall 2005. His CAD/E efforts lead to one of the first nodal analysis software packages for MEMS, called SUGAR. And his micro-metrology efforts lead to the first comprehensive on-chip methods for measuring micro-scale geometry and material properties, called electro micro-metrology (EMM). Prior to professorship, he held positions at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley Biomedical Microdevices Center, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center, and Coventor.
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Date posted 21 May, 2007
Time 02:00 PM, April 11, 2007
Location EE Building, Room 317
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  1. 5.0 out of 5 stars 

    Posted on 15 January, 2008 by Sung Kyun Park

    Truly recommended. Getting motivation from it.

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    Posted on 06 July, 2007 by Alex Kim

    SUGAR - much faster and more time efficient tool than other FEM simulation tools, with a very small price of accuracy. Most MEMS/NEMS structures could be run on this simulation tool.

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