COMPLETE LECTURE NOTES ON BASICS OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS(MEMS)
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| 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). |
Introduction