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COMPLETE LECTURE NOTES ON BASICS OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS(MEMS)

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THESE LECTURE NOTES CONTAIN COMPLETE INFORMATION ABOUT MEMS.

Introduction: history of MEMS, market for MEMS, overview of MEMS processes, properties of silicon, a sample MEMS process.
Handouts: class syllabus, silicon crystal origami, Petersen’s, Feynman’s.
Lecture Notes: Lecture 1.
Basics of Microtechnology: definitions and terminology, a sample process, lithography and etching.

References:There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” by Richard Feynman (reprinted in Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, March 1992); “Silicon as a Mechanical Material” by Kurt Petersen (Proceedings of the IEEE, May 1982).
Lecture Notes: Lecture 2.