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Worcester Polytechnic Institute

ME 593M
MEMS and Nanotechnology
Spring Semester 2002

General Information

Lectures: Fridays, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM, HL-102

Instructors:
Cosme Furlong
HL-151
(508) 831-5126
cfurlong@wpi.edu
http://www.wpi.edu/~cfurlong

Ryszard J. Pryputniewicz
HL-152
(508) 831-5536
rjp@wpi.edu
http://www.wpi.edu/~chslt/rjp.html


Textbook:
MEMS & microsystems: design and manufacture, T-R. Hsu, McGraw-Hill, 2002

References:
Notes on MEMS/micromechatronics, R. J. Pryputniewicz, WPI-ME/CHSLT-NEST, 2001

Mechanical microsensors, M. Elwenspoek and R. Wiegerink, Springer-Verlag 2001

Micromachined transducers sourcebook, G. T. A. Kovacs, McGraw-Hill, 1998

Microsystem Design, S. D. Senturia, Kluwer, 2001


Course Description

Course Outline


Week 1

Jan. 15

Class Notes. Introduction to MEMS. Fundamentals of MEMS design, analysis, fabrication, NDT, and representative applications. MEMS for the future.

Suggested Reading: Ch.1, Hsu; Ch.1, RJP

Homework for Lecture 1

Jan. 17

Class Notes. Lithography. Photolithography. Photolithography resolution. Proximity printing. Contact printing. Modulation transfer function. Spatial coherence. Resists. Masks. Basic IC process steps. Moore’s law. Glossary. Sensor market. Microscale and nanoscale devices. Integrated microsystems

Suggested Reading: Ch.8, Hsu; Ch.2, Kovacs

Homework for Lecture 2


Week 2

Jan. 21

Class Notes. Engineering mechanics for microsystems design. Stress and strain. Residual stresses. Static bending of thin plates. Mechanical vibration. Thermomechanics. Fracture mechanics. Thin-film mechanics. General materials considerations.

Suggested Reading: Ch.4, Hsu

Homework for Lecture 3


Jan. 24

Class Notes. Continuation of: Engineering mechanics for microsystems design. Stress and strain. Residual stresses. Static bending of thin plates. Mechanical vibration. Thermomechanics. Fracture mechanics. Thin-film mechanics. General materials considerations.

Suggested Reading: Ch.4, Hsu

Homework for Lecture 4


Week 3

Feb. 1


Class Notes. Principles of measuring mechanical quantities. Deformation sensors. Force and pressure sensors. Resonant sensors. Thermofluid sensors.

Suggested Reading: Ch.2 and 6, Hsu

Homework for Lecture 5


Week 4

Feb. 8

Class Notes. Scaling laws. Sizes of things. Scaling in geometry. Scaling in dynamic forces. Force scaling vector. Scaling in acceleration, time, power, power density. Scaling in electrostatic forces. The Paschen’s effect. Scaling in electromagnetics and piezoelectricity. Scaling in fluidics and heat transfer.

Suggested Reading: Ch.6, Hsu

Homework for Lecture 6






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