Compact Modeling of Integrated Microsystems

RingoEEC-9820444这个项目是欧洲经济共同体关于研究中心-小公司合作研发倡议的一部分，合作伙伴是华盛顿州立大学的模拟数字集成电路设计中心(CDADIC)和位于俄勒冈州比弗顿的小公司Analog，Inc.。这项工作将借鉴CDADIC进行的紧凑型设备建模，该模型处理主要适用于压力和惯性传感器的微机械结构。将在本奖项下进行的研究将把这一概念扩展到更一般的集成微系统，这将不仅仅涉及机电耦合，并将提供一个结构化的基础，通过它可以容易地开发新的公共领域设备模型并将其纳入微系统设计。这项工作将涉及该中心与模拟公司之间的密切合作，模拟公司是多领域、混合模式模拟软件的领先开发商。主要产品Saber模拟器现在已成为汽车和航空航天系统模拟的标准，非常适合处理微系统中出现的多个相互关联的物理域。集成微系统设计的模拟工具和方法的开发将促进标准化、验证和模型精度性能指标的出现，这将支持集成传感器、传感器、微电子机械系统和微分析系统的不断增长的领域。

RingoEEC-9820444This project is funded as a part of the EEC initiative on Research Centers - Small Firms Collaborative R&D. The cooperating partners are the Center for the Design of Analog-Digital Integrated Circuits (CDADIC) at Washington State University, and Analogy, Inc., a small firm located in Beaverton, OR. The work will draw upon compact device modeling carried out at CDADIC that deals with micromachined structures mainly applicable to pressure and inertial sensors. The study to be conducted under the present award will extend this concept to more generic integrated microsystems which will involve more than just electrical-mechanical coupling, and will provide a structured basis through which new public domain device models can be readily developed and incorporated into microsystem design. The work will involve close collaboration between the Center and Analogy, Inc., which is the leading developer of multi-domain, mixed-mode simulation software. The primary product, the Saber simulator, which is now a standard for automotive and aerospace system simulation, is ideally suited for treating the multiple and interconnected physical domains which arise in microsystems. The development of of simulation tools and methods for integrated microsystem design will encourage standardization, validation, and model accuracy performance measures to emerge which will support the growing field of integrated sensors, transducers, micro-electro-mechanical systems, and microanalytical systems.