An application specific design methodology for microsystems
A fundamental approach to a coherent design strategy for microsystems is presented in this paper. Establishing such a concept can provide undeniable advantages concerning manpower, technical resources and development time. Prevalent design steps are discussed in detail, referring to the suggested ideas. Several microsystem applications and software tools are taken into account to illustrate the main aspects of a consistent design flow. The approach of behavioral physical modelling in combination with model based design optimization applying efficient and robust numeric methods in both fields allows pre-production optimization. Thus, overall development and redevelopment effort can be reduced significantly.
design methodology modelling optimization cad simulation