Patent ID: 6116766
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of performing computer aided design and fabrication of MEMS devices in a virtual environment comprising the steps of:building a Process Table comprised of MEMS device fabrication process steps;checking each step in the Process Table against a parameter set contained in a database of actual MEMS device fabrication process steps;visualizing the geometry of the MEMS device yielded by performing the process steps in the Process Table; andperforming an analysis on the MEMS device yielded by performing the process steps in the Process Table, the act of performing comprising:discretizing the structure of the MEMS device yielded by performing the process steps in the Process Table to generate a volume mesh and a surface mesh,applying loads and boundary conditions to the surface mesh and the volume mesh,analyzing said applying loads and boundary conditions to generate results, andvisualizing the results of said analyzing.