Electrostatic-driven microelectromechanical systems devices, in most cases, consist of
couplings of such energy domains as electromechanics, optical electricity, thermoelectricity …

This article provides an inclusive review on the field of design and optimisation (DO) of
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) since its emergence, about two decades ago …

Advances in microfluidics technology offer exciting possibilities in the realm of enzymatic
analysis, DNA analysis, proteomic analysis involving proteins and peptides, immunoassays …

MEMS design methodologies in wide use today do not support hierarchical representations
suitable for verification-based iterative design. Adoption of a structured design methodology …

Covers the modelling and simulation of mechatronic and micromechatronic systems using
HDLs. Provides an overview of the design of digital and analog circuitry and software for …

ABSTRACT A top-down design flow for suspended MEMS is described, starting with
schematic capture of a design topology, followed by behavioral simulation, layout …

In this paper, we report several advances in the Sugar2. 0 MEMS system simulation
package, including reduced-order modeling techniques, simple hierarchical description of …

Emerging results for mixed-domain circuit simulation, a component-level synthesis strategy,
and a layout extractor is presented for use in design of microelectromechanical systems …

The rapid layout synthesis of a lateral accelerometer from high-level functional specifications
and design constraints is demonstrated. Functional parameters such as sensitivity, minimum …

Automatic layout generation of a surface-micromachined accelerometer from user-supplied
specifications is presented. An accelerometer is an inertial sensor used to measure …