Mems Electromagnetic Micro Relays Overview and Design Considerations

MEMS-Based Micro Gas Chromatography: Design, Fabrication and Characterization

Crosswell electromagnetic tomography: System design considerations and field results

Electrical conductivity is an important petroleum reservoir parameter because of its sensitivity to porosity, pore fluid type, and saturation. Although induction logs are widely used to obtain the conductivity near boreholes, the poor resolution offered by surfacebased electrical and electromagnetic (EM) field systems has thus far limited obtaining this information in the region between borehol...

Software Design Considerations for Testing Dynamics of MEMS/Microsystems

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are used in many applications such as sensors, actuators, optical devices, and fluidic channels. Their advantage arises from seamless integration of mechanical functionality at micrometer scale with electrical circuitry. Dynamic behavior of MEMS devices, especially those with moving or overhanging components, must be well understood to ensure their proper ...

Automated Design Synthesis for Micro-electro-mechanical Systems (mems)

This paper proposes a general architecture for using evolutionary algorithms to achieve MEMS design synthesis. Functional MEMS devices are designed by combining parameterized basic MEMS building blocks together using Multi-objective Genetic Algorithms (MOGAs) to produce a pareto optimal set of feasible designs. The iterative design synthesis loop is implemented by combining MOGAs with the SUGAR...

Design with NEM Relays

To overcome the energy-efficiency limitations imposed by finite sub-threshold slope in CMOS transistors, this paper explores the design of integrated circuits based on nanoelectro-mechanical (NEM) relays. A dynamical Verilog-A model of the NEM relay is described and correlated to device measurements. Using this model we explore NEM relay design strategies for digital logic and I/O that can sign...