Mems design and verification

Mukheljee, T.

doi:10.1109/test.2003.1270897

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“…However, the design rules that need to be checked in the microfluidics-based biochips are significantly different from those in circuit area. They are also unlike classical MEMS due to the fluidic domain [56]. The determination of accurate and efficient design rules for the physical verification of digital microfluidics-based biochips remains an open problem.…”

Section: Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Technology Issues, Implementation Platforms, and Design-Automation Challenges

Chakrabarty

Fair

2006

IEEE Trans. Comput.-Aided Des. Integr. Circuits Syst.

190

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Abstract-Microfluidics-based biochips are soon expected to revolutionize clinical diagnosis, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing, and other laboratory procedures involving molecular biology. In contrast to continuous-flow systems that rely on permanently etched microchannels, micropumps, and microvalves, digital microfluidics offers a scalable system architecture and dynamic reconfigurability; groups of unit cells in a microfluidics array can be reconfigured to change their functionality during the concurrent execution of a set of bioassays. As more bioassays are executed concurrently on a biochip, system integration and design complexity are expected to increase dramatically. This paper presents an overview of an integrated system-level design methodology that attempts to address key issues in the synthesis, testing and reconfiguration of digital microfluidics-based biochips. Different actuation mechanisms for microfluidics-based biochips, and associated design-automation trends and challenges are also discussed. The proposed top-down design-automation approach is expected to relieve biochip users from the burden of manual optimization of bioassays, time-consuming hardware design, and costly testing and maintenance procedures, and it will facilitate the integration of fluidic components with a microelectronic component in next-generation systems-on-chips (SOCs).

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Section: Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Technology Issues, Implementation Platforms, and Design-Automation Challenges

Chakrabarty

Fair

2006

IEEE Trans. Comput.-Aided Des. Integr. Circuits Syst.

190

103

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“…based on existing digital and analogue design methodologies (Mukherjee & Fedder, 1998) as well as adapting them from other domains. Literature regarding the design of microdevices is usually focused on specific applications types, such as MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) (Mukherjee & Fedder, 1997;Fedder, 1999;Swart, 1999;Baidya, Gupta & Mukherjee, 2002;Mukherjee, 2003;McCorquodale et al, 2003), or robotic micro devices (Havlik & Carbone, 2006); on particular devices, e.g. air vehicle (Conn, Burgess & Ling, 2007); or on part of the design process (Bunyan & Ward, 1997) and the tools and techniques used within it (Karam et al, 1997;Senturia, 1998;Gobinath, Cecil, & Powell, 2007).…”

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Guidelines for the service-oriented design of microfluidic devices

Panikowska

Tiwari

Alcock

et al. 2016

IJDE

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Microfluidics is a relatively new and profitable domain. Constant development of new technologies and a growing demand for more versatile products are the cause of increasing domain complexity in this area. A review of existing research in the microfluidic devices domain has highlighted a lack of customer and service-orientation in their design. The developed guidelines detailed in this paper present a proposal for a general process for the design of microfluidics. The solution attempts to tackle the issue of sub-section interactions and brings the domain one step towards an 'experience economy' by incorporating serviceconsiderations into the design process. Step by step instructions for the guidelines usage are given. The validation of the guidelines have been conducted with microfluidic designers, and the results prove that the guidelines are applicable.

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“…These applications have focussed on the electromechanical optimization of material layout. Inclusion of conditioning circuit details, multiple physics, and manufacturing considerations is not straightforward, and a systematic, multi-level approach is desired according to Senturia (2001); Mukherjee (2003); Leondes (2006). MDO coordination methods have originally been developed to address similar challenges in the macro world, and may therefore also be useful in the context of multidisciplinary microsystem design.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A micro-accelerometer MDO benchmark problem

Tosserams

Etman

Rooda

2009

Struct Multidisc Optim

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Many optimization and coordination methods for multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) have been proposed in the last three decades. Suitable MDO benchmark problems for testing and comparing these methods are few however. This article presents a new MDO benchmark problem based on the design optimization of an ADXL150 type lateral capacitive micro-accelerometer. The behavioral models describe structural and dynamic effects, as well as electrostatic and amplification circuit contributions. Models for important performance indicators such as sensitivity, range, noise, and footprint area are presented. Geometric and functional constraints are included in these models to enforce proper functioning of the device. The developed models are analytical, and therefore highly suitable for benchmark and educational purposes. Four different problem decompositions are suggested for four design cases, each of which can be used for testing MDO coordination algorithms. As a reference, results for an all-in-one implementation, and a number of augmented Lagrangian coordination algorithms are given.

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Mems design and verification

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Technology Issues, Implementation Platforms, and Design-Automation Challenges

Microfluidics-Based Biochips: Technology Issues, Implementation Platforms, and Design-Automation Challenges

Guidelines for the service-oriented design of microfluidic devices

A micro-accelerometer MDO benchmark problem

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